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 Wealthy Blacks Stay Connected

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Ties benefit group, but may hurt individuals

By Cliff Hocker

November 8, 2006--Affluent African Americans place a higher priority on racial issues concerning public policies than their affluent Asian American and Latino counterparts, according to a recent study.

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Researchers at Northwestern University found that individuals in all three minority groups tend to de-emphasize race as they become wealthier, but that blacks shed less of their support of affirmative action and government intervention to correct racial disparities.

The study, The Experiences and Effects of Economic Status Among Racial and Ethnic Minorities, used data from a national survey conducted by The Washington Post, Kaiser Family Foundation, and Harvard University. While just 33% of Asian American and 41% of Latinos said too little attention is paid to race, 64% of African Americans said too little attention was given to racial issues.

Wealthier blacks may remain connected to their less-affluent counterparts because they have just as many run-ins with discrimination.

“Our study found that affluent blacks, on average, experienced similarly high levels of racial prejudice and discrimination as poorer blacks,” says study co-author Dennis Chong, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur professor of political science at Northwestern. “In contrast, Latinos and Asian Americans encountered significantly less racial and ethnic discrimination as their economic status increased. As a result of their more negative experiences, affluent blacks are more likely to continue to feel constrained by their race and to push for government policies that address racial inequality,” Chong says.
Johnnie Hamilton-Mason, a professor of social work and director of the Ph.D. program at Simmons College in Boston, observes, “No matter how affluent we get, because we’re visibly different, [black] people are still more likely to encounter discrimination and racism. And that’s something that you need to sort out with your community in some ways.”

The study found, however, that individuals in all three minorities were similarly more likely to emphasize individual interests over racial group interests if they had personally faced less discrimination and enjoyed equal opportunities.

“Better-off blacks, Latinos, and Asian Americans who report more favorable treatment in society are significantly less likely to focus on racial group concerns in their evaluations of public policies,” Chong says.

The persistence of race consciousness among wealthy blacks has positive implications for the group, but negative consequences for some individuals, says Gerald D. Jaynes, professor of economics and African American studies at Yale University and a member of the BE Board of Economists. “It means that more-affluent blacks aren’t likely to be abandoning less-affluent blacks in the political arena in the near future. It makes it easier to mobilize people for group action,” Jaynes says. Race consciousness, however, could thwart individuals’ aspirations. “If they are holding onto beliefs that the group is under some sort of persecution and that there is still a lot of discrimination that’s going to be against them, then that might hold them back from attempting to achieve things they really could achieve.”

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Poverty: A Civil Rights Issue
Message Mar 14 Nov - 21:17 par mihou
Poverty: A Civil Rights Issue
NAACP head calls on students to lead fight

By Tamara E. Holmes

October 12, 2006 -- While many African Americans have more disposable income than ever, that statistic doesn’t accurately paint the economic picture of black America because it ignores the large percentage of blacks living in poverty, said NAACP President and Chief Executive Officer Bruce S. Gordon during a speech last week at Howard University.

Fighting poverty should be a priority among the entire African American community, particularly black college students, Gordon said.

“The prime movers and shakers of (the civil rights) movement were on college campuses,” Gordon said. Today’s college students are poised to be the leaders of the economic parity movement.

“The probability of being poor is much greater if you are black or Hispanic,” said Gordon. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, 25% of African Americans live in poverty. In comparison, 11% of whites, 11% of Asian Americans, and nearly 22% of Hispanic live in poverty.

“For some of us in America, it is the best of times. Yet for others in America, it is truly the worst in times,” Gordon said, referencing the beginning of Charles Dickens’ classic novel, A Tale of Two Cities.

Income disparities may contribute to high poverty rates, but a number of other factors keep people in poverty, Gordon explained. For example, poor people are less likely to get favorable rates for credit. Poor people often can’t afford health insurance and the uninsured tend to have to pay more for healthcare than those who are insured. Another factor is that the poor often can’t afford to pursue higher education, which could effectively help them to climb out of the ranks of poverty.

“It’s a vicious cycle,” Gordon said. “There is clear truth to the phrase that the rich get richer and the poor get poorer.”

Pundits who criticize the poor for not improving their own situation haven’t taken into account all the issues that contribute to poverty.

“Many people argue that it is the responsibility of the poor to improve their lives,” says William Spriggs, chairman of the Economics Department at Howard University and a member of the BE Board of Economists. However that argument does not take into consideration societal factors, such as discrepancies in access to fair credit and healthcare disparities, Spriggs says. “Many pundits have it so wrong.”

Because there are so many factors contributing to poverty, African Americans can’t wait for the poverty crisis to resolve itself, but rather, “the poverty cycle has to be broken,” Gordon said.

“I would suggest that the accountable population that has the opportunity to lead the movement, to play the role of aggressive social advocate, to assume the position of activists are the ones that spend their time on college campuses,” Gordon said.






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Keeping Minorities In Revitalized Areas
Message Mar 14 Nov - 21:19 par mihou
Keeping Minorities In Revitalized Areas
Efforts to combat a negative side of change

By Tamara E. Holmes

September 26, 2006 -- As million-dollar urban revitalization projects take place in cities across the country, African American developers and city officials are working to ensure that the largely minority residents there enjoy and participate in the economic growth.

“We’ve all seen where you simply move the old economy out and a new economy in,” says Vincent Barnes, executive director of the Rebirth of Englewood Community Development Corp. of Chicago’s South Side. In many cities, revitalization has increased housing and commercial rental costs, making the cities unaffordable to residents, he says.

To combat this trend, Barnes and others involved with development projects are seeking creative ways to make revitalized areas affordable. “We want to make sure that individuals in the community presently are part of that development process ... that they benefit from it,” says Barnes. “That is, as incomes grow, community residents’ incomes also grow. As houses are built, individuals in the community can buy those houses.”

Since 2000, the Rebirth of Englewood Community Development Corp. has spurred more than $19 million in economic growth through new housing, job creation, and small business development. One way the organization has sought to make sure Englewood residents aren’t displaced is by partnering with corporations to offer residents jobs that pay $4,000 to $5,000 more than the community’s median income.

Kansas City, Missouri, is another city experiencing a renaissance of sorts. City Manager Wayne A. Cauthen oversees $1.2 billion worth of economic development downtown. Among the planned projects are a $276 million sports arena and an $850 million entertainment district.

To ensure that the city remains affordable, Cauthen plans to make available both subsidized and market-value units. In addition, some developers’ contracts require them to set aside a percentage of affordable housing units.
Striking a balance with upscale development is just as crucial as providing for lower-income residents, says Michael E. Johnson, president of Em Johnson Interest Inc., a San Francisco-based development company currently working on a $72 million construction project in San Francisco’s Fillmore jazz district.

“In neighborhoods like this we cannot continue to have all subsidized, Section 8, and below-market-rate housing and expect to increase economic development in the community. [We must] bring in a mix of higher incomes, both residential and commercial,” Johnson says.
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