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Race, Class, and Status in the New Black Middle Class
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English
Published/Copyright:
2007
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As Karyn R. Lacy's innovative work in the suburbs of Washington, DC, reveals, there is a continuum of middle-classness among blacks, ranging from lower-middle class to middle-middle class to upper-middle class. Focusing on the latter two, Lacy explores an increasingly important social and demographic group: middle-class blacks who live in middle-class suburbs where poor blacks are not present. These "blue-chip black" suburbanites earn well over fifty thousand dollars annually and work in predominantly white professional environments. Lacy examines the complicated sense of identity that individuals in these groups craft to manage their interactions with lower-class blacks, middle-class whites, and other middle-class blacks as they seek to reap the benefits of their middle-class status.
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Contributor: Karyn Lacy
Karyn Lacy is Assistant Professor of Sociology and the Center for Afro-American and African Studies at the University of Michigan, a Ford Fellow, and was a Visiting Scholar at the Russell Sage Foundation.
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Frontmatter
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Contents
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Preface
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Acknowledgments
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Introduction
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1. Defining the Post-Integration Black Middle Classes
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2. Social Organization in Washington’s Suburbia
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3. Public Identities: Managing Race in Public Spaces
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4. Status-Based Identities: Protecting and Reproducing Middle-Class Status
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5. Race- and Class-Based Identities: Strategic Assimilation in Middle-Class Suburbia
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6. Suburban Identities: Building Alliances with Neighbors
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Conclusion
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Appendix: A Recipe for Studying the Black Middle Class
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Notes
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References
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Index
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Keywords for this book
black middle class; race in america; middle class status; race and class; african american culture; middle class suburbs; american culture; american studies; race; social class issues; cultural studies; race studies; washington dc; united states of america; anthropology; politics; lower middle class; upper middle class; middle middle class; suburbanites; identity; post integration; social organization; public identity; public spaces; assimilation; middle class; sociology
