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| Title: | Savingrace
: Calling on the New Talented Tenth |
| Author: | Kimberlee Nichole Payton |
| ISBN: | 1591025818 : 9781591025818 |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Size: | 152x228mm |
| Pages: | 340 |
| Published: | Prometheus Books - December 2008 |
| List Price: | 17.5 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: | Not yet published |
| Subjects: | Black studies |
In 1903, E B Du Bois wrote an essay entitled 'The Talented Tenth' in which he said it was the responsibility of the top-earning and best educated blacks in America to uplift the standards of all African Americans in order to save the race. Focusing on the problem of class distinctions within the black community, this book examines the increasing separation between poor blacks and their wealthier co-racial associates, even noting a desire for separation among the better off. Wealthier members of the black community are urged to take inspiration from other oppressed minorities such as Jews and Asians who have become successful through tradition of helping each other.
