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