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Class vs. Race - The True Determinate

It is this concept of social acceptance that drives the idea behind the talented tenth and makes it's ideologies worthy of the attention the "talented tenth- has received.
             In order for a social class like Blacks to rise up they must first be perceived as equal by the classes that are suppressing them. The American middle class does not perceive Blacks today as being in positions of authority or equality and because the middle class does not perceive them as equal they do not encourage Blacks to pursue those positions. Du Bois wanted to change this perception of blacks in American society. He knew that in order to allow blacks to succeed and take a step up on the social ladder he would first have to change the perception of the upper and middle class. By having a few publicized black elites he believed you could raise up the entire race. .
             "Yet the Victorian strategies of Du Bois require not piecemeal revision but wholesale reconstruction. A fuller understanding of the human condition should lead us far beyond the notion of free-floating elites, suspicious of the tainted masses "elites who worship at the altar of highbrow culture while ignoring the barbarity and bestiality in their own ranks."" .
             --Cornel West (Future of the Race, pg.71).
             West does not address the issue of social perception at all. He reads the ideas of Du Bois extremely literally, ignoring some of the ideologies behind Du Bois' words. Social change is not possible without the help of people outside your social class. During the civil rights movement it was not until those graphic scenes of children being knocked over by powerful fire hoses enraged middle class society that any real joint effort was made at resolving civil rights issues (Eyes on the Prize. Every major social change in America has included a joint effort between different classes. Social change has ultimately always relied not on the grievances of a group but on whether or not they are able to make other social classes understand their grievance and sympathize with their situation.


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