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The segregation of classes between the members of The Black community began with The Black panthers. Affirmative action and the Government provided African Americans with the chance to be a part of the middle class. The Black middle class doubled since 1965, which is a positive trend for the community.
The segregation of classes between the members of The Black community began with The Black panthers. Affirmative action and the Government provided African Americans with the chance to be a part of the middle class. The Black middle class doubled since 1965, which is a positive trend for the community.
The segregation of classes between the members of The Black community began with The Black panthers. Affirmative action and the Government provided African Americans with the chance to be a part of the middle class. The Black middle class doubled since 1965, which is a positive trend for the community.
The African Americans that worked at Harvard in 1997
mentioned how they would not have got there if it were not for the African community in the past that paved the way. They explain this with an emphasis on the lower class and their contributions to society and the black equality movement. The commentators father worked two jobs in order to send him to college and provide him with the opportunity to obtain a higher level of education. This is one example of how the segregation of classes between the members of the community began. I believe the separation between classes began when the Black Panthers started their movement towards freedom and equality for the black community. They said in the movie you were either in the club or out the club, that alone in my opinion really initiated the separation of the black community. After Martin Luther King Jr. was shot and killed, segregation amongst the black community developed. The Black panthers and their movement were much different from MLK Jr.s approach regarding equality for African American people. In the film, Henry Louis Jr. mentioned that many African Americans like himself took a different approach to achieve a better quality of life for his
culture of people. Instead of following the radical and aggressive
tactics used by the Black Panther movement, he and others like him, were accepted into highly accredited universities and chose to use the tools they were given to dismantle the master s house by using the masters tools. A key component enabling this alternative approach taken by Henry and others alike was affirmative action. Affirmative action is a major contributor to the major distinguishable classes amongst the black community. Affirmative action and the Government provided African Americans with the chance to be a part of the middle class, being highly educated and upholding well paying jobs. This class of people doubled since 1965 and had a much higher quality of life than most could dream of during that time. The Black Panthers and their followers considered the middle class African Americans to be stuck up or phony, ultimately leading to the segregation of classes amongst the population. As time progressed, the African American middle class grew, which is a positive trend for the community as a whole. However, when you breakdown the specifics like Cornel West did in the film, there are many aspects that are much less favorable in 1997 compared to 1967. In 67, black people were not given the same opportunities to become well educated and uphold decent paying jobs, but there was a much greater sense of community at that time. In 1997, the middle class has
grown and the black community has prospered from a socioeconomic
perspective, but the same is not true from a community perspective. In conclusion, post slavery African Americans were searching for a voice and equality in society. Dr. Martin Luther King led a movement encompassed by peace and prosperity for the community. Things changed once the Black Panther movement gained traction, many members of the community did not believe in their approach and felt as if they were more threatening to society than beneficial. Affirmative action enabled African Americans the ability to obtain higher education, leading to a greater quality of life for some. This ultimately contributed to the distinct segregation of classes amongst the African American population.