Bibliograph

Black picket fences, privilege and peril among the black middle class, Mary Pattillo ; with a new foreword by Annette Lareau

Type

Label

Black picket fences, privilege and peril among the black middle class, Mary Pattillo ; with a new foreword by Annette Lareau

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-308) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Black picket fences

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

827724508

Responsibility statement

Mary Pattillo ; with a new foreword by Annette Lareau

Sub title

privilege and peril among the black middle class

Summary

First published in 1999, Mary Pattillo's Black Picket Fences explores an American demographic group too often ignored by both scholars and the media: the black middle class. Nearly fifteen years later, this book remains a groundbreaking study of a group still underrepresented in the academic and public spheres. The result of living for three years in "Groveland, " a black middle-class neighborhood on Chicago's South Side, Black Picket Fences explored both the advantages the black middle class has and the boundaries they still face. Despite arguments that race no longer matters, Pattillo showed a different reality, one where black and white middle classes remain separate and unequal.--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

The Black middle class: who, when, and where? -- The making of Groveland -- Generations through a changing economy -- Neighborhood networks and crime -- Growing up in Groveland -- In a ghetto trance -- Nike's reign -- William "Spider" Waters, Jr.: straddling two worlds -- Typical Terri Jones

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