Texas black 'minority' now a majority

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We are not monolithic
"According to the last census, 36.4 million Americans -- 13 percent of the nation -- considered themselves black. The poverty rate in the U.S. according to 2003 data, was 24 percent for blacks while only 12 percent of the U.S. population overall was at or below the poverty line.

"But what about the other side of that statistic? 76 percent of blacks do not live in poverty. Why do we rarely hear about these people? It seems as if the black upper and middle classes do not exist.

"We do hear about black entertainers and professional athletes, but we know
little about other black working- and middle-class professionals. According to the Congressional Black Caucus, there are roughly 175,000 black doctors, lawyers and engineers in the U.S. Apparently these people exist."
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