Malcolm X talked about "house Negroes and field Negroes" in his speeches, sometimes referring to Black leaders (civil rights) and the Black bourgeoisie (middle class). But they were all slaves weren't they? It was still chattel slavery whether or not slaves worked in the field or in the house with "massa".

Both white and Black intellectuals argued that the black middle class escaped racism based on social-political mobility: being wealthier, more prestigious, and more educated. But the racism does not discriminate based on class. Middle class Black people experience racism but it's often ignored by the majority culture/mainstream.

I think the mainstream culture created this illusion of a Black middle class to divide and conquer, to keep Black folks confused and trapped in the system ("haves" and "have nots").


"Trials and tribulations make you stronger live longer
You wanna reach the nation nigga start from your corner
Everything in life don't always happen like you plan it
Demand it, overstand it, then you handle it
Fuck wishing, you missing the ambition in your mission
Now you switching, why you quitting 'cuz it's heat in the kitchen?
--Big Boi

"Know thyself"

"Let your conduct be without covetousness; be content with such things as you have. For He Himself has said, "I will never leave you or forsake you". So we may boldly say, "The Lord is my helper, I will not fear. What can man do to me?"
-- Hebrews 13:5,6

"There is a difference between knowing the path and walking the path"
--Morpheus in "The Matrix"

"It's our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities"- Dumbledore to Harry Potter "Chamber of Secrets"