Blue-Chip Black: Race, Class, and Status in the New Black

Blue-Chip Black: Race, Class, and Status in the New Black Middle Class

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.
Country USA
Brand University of California Press
Manufacturer University of California Press
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9780520251168
ReleaseDate 2007-07-03
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780520251168

Country	USA
Brand	University of California Press
Manufacturer	University of California Press
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	9780520251168
ReleaseDate	2007-07-03
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780520251168

Blue-Chip Black: Race, Class, and Status in the New Black Middle Class