ù Quoting Rich Willbanks from a message to Ryan Bagueros  ù 
RW> I have done a little research on class mobility in the US.  If you 
RW> care to do the same you will find out that one of the fastest growing 
RW> classes is the black middle class.  So you have the poor blacks 
RW> moving out of 'poorness' and into the American dream.
Well, you haven't done enough. While the black middle class may be on the 
rise 
(partially due to the _children_ that middle class families invariably have), 
it is because of affirmative action programs, which of course are being 
dismantled on a nationwide basis. However, this does not change the fact that 
most blacks live in poverty, nor does it change the fact that the conditions 
of
poverty are getting worse, nor does it change the fact that the wealth 
stratification is growing in leaps and bounds. 
RW> The difference between these groups and others is the fact that they 
RW> support each other rather than victimize each other.
I see! So, according to you, it is the black community's fault that so many 
of 
them are in poverty, and not so much the racism and discrimination and 
culture 
of poverty that so many black activists claim. Am I right here?
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