Accepting Quote by Nikki Giovanni

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

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

— Constance Baker Motley

“The black middle class displays a torn ambivalence toward the situation of the black poor. They sympathetically recognize the harms of racism and targeted…

— Mary Pattillo

“Millions of Americans instinctively associate “poverty” with “black.”

— David Cay Johnston

Poor white people and poor black people just don't know how much they have in common. Rich people don't give a damn about either…

— Charles Barkley

For complicated historical and political reasons, we associate 'poor' in our public consciousness with 'black.' Terms such as 'welfare queen' and 'culture of poverty'…

— J. D. Vance

Growing up on our estate, we were all different colours, but we were all really poor. I never really realised that black was a…

— Michaela Coel

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 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 never thought, when I was a kid, that there was a sense of competition or animosity towards poor blacks. I just thought there…

— J. D. Vance

I will probably have a tendency to lean toward trying to resolve the issues that negatively impact black people, but the overall picture and…

— David Banner

The poor are the blacks of Europe.

— Nicolas Chamfort