Black Privilege - (Culture and Economic Life) by Cassi Pittman Claytor (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br><i>Black Privilege</i> examines what middle-class status buys college-educated Black consumers and how they draw upon consumption as a tool to combat anti-black bias and racial stigma in their daily lives.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><i>Black Privilege</i> examines what middle-class status buys college-educated Black consumers and how they draw upon consumption as a tool to combat anti-black bias and racial stigma in their daily lives.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><i>Black Privilege</i> is a welcome addition to contemporary research on the US Black middle class. What sets it apart is that it treats the marketplace as a mainstage on which members of the Black middle-class act out their joys and challenges in everyday life. It focuses our attention on how these actors deploy their skills, tastes, and practices--their Black cultural capital--sometimes just to survive and at others to thrive.--David Crockett "University of South Carolina"<br><br>A common view of consumption is that it is a source of alienation for blacks. Cassi Pittman Claytor's incisive portrait of consumption among those who are black and privileged challenges us to rethink this view. In an engaging style, Pittman Claytor shows how consumption is a resource for middle-class blacks as they navigate a world where race still matters. <i>Black Privilege</i> is an important and necessary addition to the literature on consumption and inequality.--Patricia A. Banks "Mount Holyoke College, author of <i>Diversity and Philanthropy at African American Museums</i>"<br><br>A rich and nuanced portrait of the black middle class. Pittman Claytor's insightful analysis should be read widely by college students and wider audiences, for it skillfully and beautifully mobilizes the sociological imagination to make the familiar and taken-for-granted visible.--Michèle Lamont "co-author of <i>Getting Respect</i>"<br><br>Cassi Pittman Claytor skillfully uses the narratives of young black professionals to illustrate that it's possible to be able to afford a lifestyle of considerable luxury and leisure and still maintain and cultivate bonds of racial solidarity across class lines. <i>Black Privilege</i> is a crucial intervention in the study of black life, and the study of class and culture in the U.S.--Mary Pattillo "author of <i>Black on the Block: The Politics of Race and Class in the City</i>"<br><br>Cassi Pittman Claytor's <i>Black Privilege</i> brings rich ethnographic detail to the study of the Black middle class. Showing both the opportunities and restrictions of Black cultural expression and consumption, Claytor expands our understanding of the workings of privilege by underlying the necessity of considering how it is racialized.--Shamus Khan "Professor author of <i>Sexual Citizens</i>"<br><br>In this compelling ethnographic account of middle class Blacks in New York City, Pittman Claytor breaks new ground in the study of black cultural capital and the complex ways her subjects use lifestyle practices to navigate race and class. A major contribution to race, consumption, class, and urban studies. A must-read and must-teach.--Juliet Schor "author of <i>After the Gig</i>"<br><br>This vivid account will be an eye-opener for white readers and will deeply resonate with trained and educated blacks. Narrating original data on race, class, and consumption, <i>Black Privilege</i> is one of those rare studies that leave an indelible impression on readers' minds.--William Julius Wilson "Harvard University"<br><br>With compelling storytelling and exciting theoretical insights, Pittman Claytor addresses an understudied topic from a unique and creative perspective. A must-read for anyone interested in understanding how race operates in the marketplace.--Corey Fields "Georgetown University, author of <i>Black Elephants in the Room: The Unexpected Politics of African American Republicans</i>"<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Cassi Pittman Claytor</b> is the Climo Junior Professor in the Department of Sociology at Case Western Reserve University. Her scholarship examines the underlying social and cultural processes that affect African Americans' economic behavior. In 2017 she was awarded the Woodrow Wilson Foundation's Early Career Enhancement Fellowship and in 2018 she served as the Sheila Biddle Ford Foundation Fellow at the Hutchins Center for African and African American Research at Harvard University.
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