Does anyone else here think that class divides among whites are more salient...

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

9. When the economy goes sour, black people feel it more and therefore there may be a collective

impact which may bring about more collective empathy, perhaps solidarity. I feel that the white population has trouble when faced with economic arrears because perhaps for the middle class and higher income classes, they don't know what it's like to struggle and thus their anxiety affects them in different ways. Plus, there's this phenomenon of internalized self entitlement for many of them who are in the middle and upper classes--this entitlement leading them to believe that someone else is responsible for their plight. For instance, it's the "lazy blacks" receiving welfare (or benefitting from subprime loans or the CRA); or, it's the immigrants coming to this country and taking all the jobs from qualified whites. I notice that when some white people face economic uncertainty, they are least likely to blame themselves for their own circumstance; they are more likely to blame others. That survey that demonstrated that whites believe that "reverse racism" is more of a problem than racism directed at blacks and other minorities, is telling in itself and serves as a prime examples. Other surveys that demonstrate how whites are less empathetic when it comes to police brutality--often siding with law enforcement and supporting harsh sentencing, that kind of them. All of these are just a few examples.

Note that the black middle class is much more tenuous and less stable than the white middle class. The inability to generate intergenerational wealth for blacks has a more greater impact on the black community, so when the shit hits the fan and the economy goes south, many blacks--even those in the middle- and upper-middle classes--tend to get hit much harder.