Class & Race

[SHAWGI TELL <v600a8e6@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Even with general economic improvement in the late 1980s, the black
family poverty rate was OVER three and a half times that of the white
family.  The median black family income in 1988 was 57% of the median
white family income.  This itself disguises the widening income gap
within the black community.  Between 1978 and 1988, the average income of
the BOTTOM 20% of black families DROPPED by 24%, while that of the
RICHEST 20% INCREASED by almost as much. (pp. 71-72).

        F. Gaffikin & M. Morrissey, "The New Unemployed," 1992


Shawgi Tell
University at Buffalo
Graduate School of Education
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