ABSTRACT
This chapter describes the economic position of upper and middle class Negroes. The position of the Negro in business, professions, public service, and white collar jobs is far different from that of the Negro wage earner. As a wage earner the Negro is excluded from many trades. In the occupations traditionally associated with upper or middle class status, the exclusion policy is usually much more complete and "settled." This is because it is fortified by "social" considerations, as well as by economic ones. The poverty of the Negro people represents a general limitation of opportunity for Negro businessmen and professionals. The Negro businessman, furthermore, encounters greater difficulties in securing credit. This is partly due to the marginal position of Negro business. The comparatively small number of white collar workers in most stores with large Negro patronage indicates that even the complete success of the movement must be rather limited.
