The Racial Divide

[hardblue.livejournal.com]

I don't know. It's a good question: how broad and sweeping the gulf? So long as we have drastic differences in such measures as income and incarceration rates, I suppose the chasm would have to remain fairly wide, even if you do have a more racially diverse mix at the top of the social order.

Comments

[hardblue.livejournal.com]

Because of all the non-white celebrities and superstars in sports and entertainment, with their own meg-riches, I suspect white America can readily dismiss the problem.

[dwer.livejournal.com]

that's a very valid point. People who listen to shock-jocks like Rush Limbaugh and Michael Savage only see african americans in terms of sports stars or thugs because that's what they're told to see. Middle class african americans crawling up the social ladder doesn't make good copy.