The Black Community in the 1980s: Questions of Race, Class, and Public Policy

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Because the dissimilar effects of policy pro grams on different segments of the black population are usually not specified or recognized, recent developments involving Blacks are puzzling to observers of race relations. This article argues for a return to the emphasis on the eco nomic dimensions of racial inequality that characterized important writings on race in the mid-1960s. The deteriorating economic conditions of the black poor and the changes in their family structure are discussed and analyzed. Aguments are advanced for why it is important to distinguish the black poor's situation from that of more prosperous Blacks, and for why their economic plight calls for public policies sig nificantly different from the race-oriented programs that have benefited the black middle class.

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