Art Quote by Ayana Mathis

There were class differences among black people then and there are class differences among black people now. There is still an assumption among many…

— Ayana Mathis

I think it is important to acknowledge the extent to which the black middle class tends to rely on a kind of imagined struggle…

— Angela Davis

In fact, the class divide in the black community is now seen by some as a permanent aspect of our existence.

— Henry Louis Gates

The black population now consists of two distinct classes-the middle class and the poor.

— Constance Baker Motley

In real life there are indeed black people who have been in the middle class for generations, but in entertainment it's as if they…

— Anonymous

There is no such thing as a black middle class.

— H. Rap Brown

The historical basis for the gap between the black middle class and underclass shows that ending discrimination, by itself, would not eradicate black poverty…

— Henry Louis Gates

Actually we've had a black bourgeoisie or the makings of a black bourgeoisie for many more decades.In a sense the quest for the emancipation…

— Angela Davis

There is still an assumption among many people that to be black is to be lower class. In the last fifteen to twenty years,…

— Ayana Mathis

There's a class divide in black America that doesn't seem to trouble black Americans so much, but whites use it and exploit it. The…

— Darryl Pinckney

What I think is different today is the lack of political connection between the black middle class and the increasing numbers of black people…

— Angela Davis

“Americans are generally incapable of perceiving class differences among blacks and are quick to ascribe antisocial underclass behavior to all African Americans.”

— Leon Dash