I would like to protest that this topic is outdated, but I can’t because it’s not!  Middle class African-Americans have looked down upon the lower class of their race for years.   A number of classes within assorted races have been knocked off their “high horse”, now that the economy has fallen to detrimental levels.  How interesting it is to see those individuals change their tune, now that they are just a minute away from living on the streets themselves. 

Let’s break this whole racial economic divide thing down.  We have those that make about 40 to 50 thousand dollars per year as a combined couple.  These people reside in a community of solely middle class individuals who are barely keeping their heads above water, while being all of 2 miles from what they refer to as the ghetto.  Yes, to them it’s the ghetto!  They prefer their children not play with ghetto children, say ghetto things and dress in ghetto ways.  But ask yourself what ghetto really means.  Is it a government assisted housing project that is located in an area where no one wants to drive through, because there’s nothing but drugs and criminal activity present?  I’ll let you decide. 

Who thought because one is able to stay outside of that perimeter he or she is now claimed as better than those who cannot.  I laugh at the thought since it’s ridiculous for anyone to think such, given the fact that mid-class citizens have the wealthy looking down upon them, just the same.  That’s not to say that other races don’t suffer from this mistaken way of thinking.  To be quite honest, as a member of the black society I clearly see the great divide between the lower class and all other classes for that matter.    

This entire division of income and stature is normally passed from generation to generation.  A middle-class parent wants nothing more than for their child to do what they didn’t.  Often times, it means graduating from college or landing that job at an office, with a cubicle to call the son or daughter’s own.   Is that really so much better than a less fortunate couple that who is happy with their children working a job at McDonalds or the mall?  Let’s think about that for a second.    It’s all about where your direct descendants come from and what a person is shown as a possibility.

 As a race, I know that African-Americans have a very long way to go, but it would seem that something as simple as this would be the first on the list to eliminate.