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Black Privilege - Modern Middle-Class Blacks with Credentials and Cash to Spend (Paperback) Loot Price: R631
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Black Privilege - Modern Middle-Class Blacks with Credentials and Cash to Spend (Paperback): Cassi Pittman Claytor

Black Privilege - Modern Middle-Class Blacks with Credentials and Cash to Spend (Paperback)

Cassi Pittman Claytor

Series: Culture and Economic Life

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In their own words, the subjects of this book present a rich portrait of the modern black middle-class, examining how cultural consumption is a critical tool for enjoying material comforts as well as challenging racism. New York City has the largest population of black Americans out of any metropolitan area in the United States. It is home to a steadily rising number of socio-economically privileged blacks. In Black Privilege Cassi Pittman Claytor examines how this economically advantaged group experiences privilege, having credentials that grant them access to elite spaces and resources with which they can purchase luxuries, while still confronting persistent anti-black bias and racial stigma. Drawing on the everyday experiences of black middle-class individuals, Pittman Claytor offers vivid accounts of their consumer experiences and cultural flexibility in the places where they live, work, and play. Whether it is the majority white Wall Street firm where they're employed, or the majority black Baptist church where they worship, questions of class and racial identity are equally on their minds. They navigate divergent social worlds that demand, at times, middle-class sensibilities, pedigree, and cultural acumen; and at other times pride in and connection with other blacks. Rich qualitative data and original analysis help account for this special kind of privilege and the entitlements it affords-materially in terms of the things they consume, as well as symbolically, as they strive to be unapologetically black in a society where a racial consumer hierarchy prevails.

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Imprint: Stanford University Press
Country of origin: United States
Series: Culture and Economic Life
Release date: September 2020
First published: 2020
Authors: Cassi Pittman Claytor
Dimensions: 229 x 152 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback - Trade
Pages: 232
ISBN-13: 978-1-5036-1317-1
Categories: Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > General
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social groups & communities > Social classes > General
Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
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LSN: 1-5036-1317-8
Barcode: 9781503613171

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