You who are strong should support the weak and you who are strong should take care of those unable to care for themselves. Well, they make their bed. Anybody of any race should be able to have information easily obtainable that would help them climb as high up the ladder as they desire to. I am concerned that Dr. Gates did not address how one's personal decisions can also separate and create a large gulf between the Black Middle class and the Black underclass. It is not only economics and class that fractures the community it is the lingering pychosocial trauma of race.
Many blacks hate their own skin color.
We even seek out persons from the larger population to assimilate to. This too must be addressed. That's how I view Skip Gates' piece on race in America. Relationship between blacks folks at various class levels has been neglected because the impact has never been so profound. Yet, one could argue that it began before slavery, dating back to Africa, when various tribes struggled within themselves for leadership and control of the village.