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Sto caricando le informazioni... Our Kind of People: Inside America's Black Upper Classdi Lawrence Otis Graham
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. This book is essentially a guide for breaking into America's black upper class, and it says as much in the introduction. In this regard it is very good, but as a leisure read it is not quite as enjoyable. The main fault is the detailed listing that the author often falls into when discussing the notable people involved in the various black elite institutions. Overall, it was cool to learn about this affluent and tight-knit community. ( ) Okay, I'm not completely finished with this, but I will come back to it. I found it fascinating! I did feel my ignorance at the number of names I didn't recognize at all. There is so much for me to learn. I got more than halfway through this and had to return it to the library. I will request it again to explore more. I've also been surprised by things mentioned that I now see popping up around me. Were they always there? how did I miss them? A call to open my eyes and wake up! While this book was at times insightful and shed light to the relatively unknown world of the black upper class, it felt at times that the author was more focused on dropping names and repeating the same information, than on looking deeper. After about getting halfway through the book, I started to skim, because of this. I felt that on many different topics/chapters, the author took a more superficial stance and stayed close to the surface, instead of delving into subjects or situations that were interesting and more engaging. In short, it's an interesting read, but after a while, it starts sounding like a broken record. Ever heard of the "brown paper bag and ruler test"? (It refers to skin color and hair type.) Do you know which colleges and fraternities/sororities are identifiers of "belonging"? Have you heard of the Girlfriends or Jack and Jills? Do you know who the first self-made female millionaire in the U.S. was? (Hint: She was an African-American). There is also a look at the history of black achievement in various cities (Chicago, Washington, D.C., New York, Memphis, Detroit, Atlanta, Tuskegee, New Orleans, L.A, Philadelphia and Nashville). The last chapter addresses "passing for white." A fascinating look at the Black Elite through the eyes of a member. This was an interesting book however many of the "elite" groups mentioned by the author such as Jack & Jill, the Links, 100 Black Men, etc., aren't just the sole province of upper class blacks but are populated by middle class blacks as well. Historically the elite have consisted of families with "old" money and lineages that go back for several generations. Interesting that very few of the black elite in the book can claim this privilege and even more interesting that black entertainers and athletes, many of whom are wealthier than "Our Kind of People," are looked down upon by the black elite. Although I did enjoy reading the book and learned a couple of new things, I certainly hope that Mr. Graham will not be looked upon as the definitive authority on black social class. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
Debutante cotillions. Million-dollar homes. Summers in Martha's Vineyard. Membership in the Links, Jack & Jill, Deltas, Boule, and AKAs. An obsession with the right schools, families, social clubs, and skin complexion. This is the world of the black upper class and the focus of the first book written about the black elite by a member of this hard-to-penetrate group. Author and TV commentator Lawrence Otis Graham, one of the nation's most prominent spokesmen on race and class, spent six years interviewing the wealthiest black families in America. He includes historical photos of a people that made their first millions in the 1870s. Graham tells who's in and who's not in the group today with separate chapters on the elite in New York, Los Angeles, Washington, Chicago, Detroit, Memphis, Atlanta, Philadelphia, Nashville, and New Orleans. A new Introduction explains the controversy that the book elicited from both the black and white communities. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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