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The Dr. Vibe Show: Steven Gray “Can The Black Middle Class Survive?”

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Steven Gray

Steven Gray is a columnist and contributing editor at The Root, providing reported analysis on politics and society. Previously, he was a Washington Correspondent at TIME, where he also worked as Detroit Bureau Chief and Chicago-based reporter. His coverage included the 2008 presidential race, Barack Obama’s relationship with black America, the economic crisis, the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, the auto industry, philanthropy, food, and immigration. Between 1998 and 2007 he was a reporter for The Wall Street Journal and The Washington Post. He has written for Salon, Fortune, the Los Angeles Times, The Boston Globe, The Times-Picayune, and The Nation, and produced reports for Chicago Public Radio and the New Orleans CBS affiliate, WWL-TV. He has provided analysis on NPR, MSNBC, CNBC, Fox News and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. He was born in New Orleans, and lives in Washington.

We had the opportunity to speak with Steven about one of his most recent articles, Can the Black Middle Class Be Saved?

During our conversation, Steven talks about:

– Why he wrote the article
– The fact 20% of Black Americans are employed by the government
– Why he feels Black American unemployment is so high and what can Black America do to change this situation
– What are the Black American middle class saying about Barack Obama during an presidential election year
– The state of the Black American middle class in Detroit
– What Americans are saying the solution is to get them out of this tough economic time
– What would the loss Black American middle class mean to America?

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