"Black Family Thriving Initiative’s 2024 study of Black middle-class families shows that improvements to traditional middle-class pathways—such as downpayment assistance for first-, second-, and third-time homeowners and policies to increase college affordability—as well as increased protections against workplace discrimination would help solidify the Black middle class."
When it comes to defining the #Black middle class, Urban’s Black Family Thriving Initiative shows that #wealth plays a key role. The Initiative aims to amplify the intergenerational strengths of Black families, reframe the narrative of being Black and middle class in the US, and identifies the unique challenges Black #middleclass families face in achieving the American dream. To further investigate wealth as a defining factor, Urban spoke with experts about how to accurately conceptualize the Black middle class and with middle-class Black Americans about wealth-building opportunities and persistent barriers. Learn more in a new feature. https://urbn.is/4iWox54