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Much literature on contemporary U.S. racial relations tends to view black middle-class life as substantially free of traditional discrimination. Drawing primarily on 37 in-depth inter-views with black middle-class respondents in several cities, I analyze public accommoda-tions and other public-place discrimination. I focus on three aspects: (1) the sites of discrim-ination, (2) the character of discriminatory actions; and (3) the range of coping responses by blacks to discrimination. Documenting substantial barriers facing middle-class black Amer-icans today, I suggest the importance of the individuals and the groups accumulated discriminatory experiences for understanding the character and impact of modem racial discrimination.
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