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The Brian Lehrer Show / May 28, 2007 / Gentrification and the Black Middle Class

Gentrification and the Black Middle Class

Monday, May 28, 2007

Mary Pattillo, professor of sociology and African-American studies at Northwestern University and author of Black on the Block: The Politics of Race and Class in the City (Chicago University Press, 2007) discusses the way class differences play out within African American urban neighborhoods.

Black on the Block is available for purchase at Amazon.com


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  • [1] V V Pointer from Hoboken, NJ May 28, 2007 - 11:39AM

    I live in Hoboken, NJ a block away from the local high school which is next to a county park. That school is attended mostly by black students from the housing projects; that means that they're poor. Also, those students spend time in the park while they wait for school to start, lunch, or perhaps something else.

    Numerous times, I have observed them strolling in little groups through the park while they leave a trail of food wrappers and ignore the trash cans that are all over that park.

    Please ask your guest why that kind of antisocial behavior should be accepted.

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