Black Middle Quotes
- There's a very big gulf between the black civil rights leadership in America and the black middle class in America. The black middle class are… — Pete du Pont
- It's not white versus black any more, it's haves versus have-nots. Unless the black middle-classes unite to promote the interests of the black underclass, tension… — Henry Louis Gates
- The historical basis for the gap between the black middle class and underclass shows that ending discrimination, by itself, would not eradicate black poverty and… — Henry Louis Gates
- Since the day Martin Luther King was killed, the black middle classes have almost quadrupled, but the percentage of black children living on or below… — Henry Louis Gates
- The most ironic outcome of the black Civil Rights movement has been the creation of a new black middle class which is increasingly separate from… — Henry Louis Gates
- In a sense the quest for the emancipation of black people in the U.S. has always been a quest for economic liberation which means to… — Angela Davis
- What I think is different today is the lack of political connection between the black middle class and the increasing numbers of black people who… — Angela Davis
- There is no such thing as a black middle class. — H. Rap Brown