IS THE BLACK MIDDLE CLASS DISAPPEARING?
To kick off its 30th Annual Conference & Exposition in Washington D.C., National Black MBA Association President and CEO Barbara L. Thomas (middle) invited a distinguished panel to discuss the state and stability of the black middle class. CNN contributor and TVOne commentator Roland S. Martin (far left) served as moderator for the panel that included (from left to right): NBMBAA Immediate Past Chairman Alvin Brown; Washington Post economics correspondent Michael Fletcher; Charles Schwab vice president Lisa Toppin; author Lawrence Otis Graham; and Georgetown University professor Michael Eric Dyson. Audience members actively participated in the discussion by answering survey questions in real-time — their answers established a baseline definition of “middle class” and helped guide the discussion by highlighting the group’s behaviors, thought processes and tendencies. The majority feedback determined that someone would be middle-class if he or she held a bachelor’s degree; did manageria
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