G.M., Detroit and the Fall of the Black Middle Class
Mahler, Jonathan
New York Times Magazine, June 28, 2009, pp30-41
"The story of the rise of America’s black working and middle classes is inextricably bound up with that of Detroit and the Big Three." Jonathan Mahler points to the people behind the American auto industry. While describing how the vehicle manufacturers helped to create a black middle class, he argues that further reduction in vehicle-industry employment will challenge the black and white middle classes.
Jonathan Mahler is a contributing writer to the New York Times Magazine.
Go to the article at:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/28/magazine/28detroit-t.html?_r=1&pagewanted=print
E21/04-09, Posted July 28, 2009
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