"...the report reveals that more than one-in-two black males–57 percent–now belong to the country’s middle or upper class. That is up from 38 percent in 1960. Meanwhile, the share of black men in poverty has fallen from 41 percent in 1960 to 18 percent today. In comparison, 55 percent of Hispanic-Americans belong to the middle or upper class while the figures stand at 73 percent for Asian-Americans and 75 percent for white Americans. There is still clearly work to be done, but this cannot be described as anything other than huge socio-economic progress for black American males, a group often unfairly associated primarily with crime and unemployment."I'm puzzled why so many of my colleagues continue to regard non-whites as helpless and adrift from the economic system. Were I a cynic, I would think it had something to do with keeping non-whites in a position where their only social recourse would be from white "saviors".
It's a good thing I'm not a cynic.