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A 5 page paper which provides a
general overview of Mary Pattillo McCoy's "Black Picket Fences." McCoy's book details,
through interviews, the conditions being experienced in Black middle class today. No
additional sources cited.
Page Count:
5 pages (~225 words per page)
File: JR7_RApicket.rtf
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November 2001 -- properly! Introduction When we hear of the African American population in the media today we
often are instructed to envision gangs, hip-hop, athletes, or impoverished individuals. We are, as a result, rarely given a look at middle class African Americans in the United States. Many
of the middle class African Americans today are in this position due to opportunities gained by African American adults in the 1960s. Many of the children of these baby boomers,
African American baby boomers, are coming of age and left without the employment opportunities possessed by their parents. But, they are left with the middle class housing and environment, for
now. This is the primary focus of Mary Pattillo McCoys work in "Black Picket Fences" which discusses the position of middle class, and second generation middle class, African Americans today.
McCoy takes the reader to the neighborhood in which she grew up and examines the changes and conditions today, examining what it happening to the middle class African American. In
the following paper we examine some of the focus and the elements in McCoys book. Problems Addressed McCoy illustrates that the opportunities that were available to the African
American in the 1960s, in terms of employment, have changed drastically in the past few decades. Those opportunities included industrial jobs which are quickly disappearing. Now, while many may believe
that this is not a problem, for the children can obtain different, yet equally sustaining, employment. But, when we understand something of the social structure of our society we know
that children often follow in their parents footsteps in terms of their level of employment. They will on occasion obtain better paying positions than their parents, but for the most
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