{"id":3569,"date":"2011-01-04T15:12:27","date_gmt":"2011-01-04T15:12:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test.transversalmedia.eu\/via-colorlines-the-shrinking-black-middle-class\/"},"modified":"2011-01-04T15:12:27","modified_gmt":"2011-01-04T15:12:27","slug":"via-colorlines-the-shrinking-black-middle-class","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theresearchpapers.org\/archive\/via-colorlines-the-shrinking-black-middle-class\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-3569 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/theresearchpapers.org\/archive\/via-colorlines-the-shrinking-black-middle-class\/attachment\/3570\/'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/theresearchpapers.org\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/tumblr_lei7kskda61qbkli6o1_640-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theresearchpapers.org\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/tumblr_lei7kskda61qbkli6o1_640-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/theresearchpapers.org\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/tumblr_lei7kskda61qbkli6o1_640-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"255px\" data-loftocean-lazy-load-sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" data-loftocean-loading-image=\"on\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><strong>via Colorlines, <a href=\"http:\/\/colorlines.com\/archives\/2010\/12\/the_shrinking_black_middle_class.html\">The Shrinking Black Middle Class<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>What the graph means:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The graphic above is arresting. This comes from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.epi.org\/economic_snapshots\/entry\/state_of_working_america_preview_whites_more_upwardly_mobile_than_blac\/\">Economic Policy Institute\u2019s upcoming State of Working America report<\/a>,  and it gives the lie (again) to any notion of equal opportunity in  America. [&hellip;]Upward mobility is a myth for a huge percentage of black  Americans, including those who were born into the middle class.<\/p>\n<p>Economists often measure mobility by dividing the population into  five income tiers. Each column of this chart reflects the percentage of  kids born into that income tier who, as adults, fell to the bottom  income tier. <strong>So in 2008, 45 percent of African Americans who were born  into the middle class, measured by income, were living at the bottom  income level as adults. That was true for only 16 percent of whites born  into the middle class. Meanwhile, over half of black people who were  born into poverty remained there as adults, while about two-thirds of  whites had moved up the income ladder.<\/strong> The point is plain: economic  mobility is not the same for everybody in America, and to the degree we  can talk about a genuine black middle class, it\u2019s not a terribly secure  one.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>via Colorlines, The Shrinking Black Middle Class What the graph means: The graphic above is arresting. This comes from the Economic Policy Institute\u2019s upcoming State of Working America report, and it gives the lie (again) to any notion of equal opportunity in America. 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