Question
Does the question of black America have to do more with economic class than race? The discussions we are having here about rap music imagery have a lot to do with the class divide in our community. The biggest resentment many middle class blacks have with rap music imagery is that the definition of authentic blackness is being tied to ghetto (lower economic class) rather than advocating for the issues of poverty and/or racism to end. In the article, Gates suggests that the middle class blacks have to advocate fo change for the lower class blacks. He suggests that the intergration fought for in the civil rights movement was so that hard work could bring about economic change for blacks. Is racism ( a psycho-social and economic phenomenon) combatted with economic uplift only? Like I was talkin to a friend of mine who stated "I don't care if the system is racist, as long as I can get my fair share of health wealth and prosperity, I'm cool." Is the struggle merely about resources, or is it about human dignity?
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