• When the black middle class emergedafter the end of slavery, it began to distinguish itself from the working class. Do you think that class distinctions still exist today within the African
American community? Do you think that black businessmen and women today have a
relatively equal chance of succeeding? Do you know any black business people who have
done so? How did they succeed? Do you think that those who have succeeded in the African
American community have any responsibility to those whohave not been as fortunate? Why
or why not?