Black Power Inc.: The New Voice of Success
Daniels, a staff writer withFortunemagazine, self-identifies with and focuses on what she calls the post-civil rights generation of black professionals, those who did not have to fight the battles of being "the first." In her interviews, Daniels focused on black professionals in their mid-30s and younger, entrepreneurs or those working in the upper ranks of corporate America. As a group, they are beyond the "black rage" of the middle class, of which Ellis Cose has written. The group, which included a venture capitalist, consultant, Wall Street trader, bank examiner, and investment banker, had a common recognition of business as the preferred vehicle for their personal road to freedom. Though they are the beneficiaries of the civil rights era--growing up in integrated communities, graduating from the most prestigious schools-- many have chosen to live in black residential enclaves. This need for sanctuary may speak volumes that racial progress has its limits. As a group, they have strong opinions, race pride, and global perspectives and see themselves working the system to benefit the race.Vernon FordCopyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved