"BLACK MIDDLE CLASS" A MYTH.

"BLACK MIDDLE CLASS" A MYTH.


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If there's a term in South Africa which i totally disagree and one which exasperates me just like "born free", has to be the so called "black middle class". Just like the term "born free", the "black middle class" commonly known as the black diamonds by white capital, is one which has been carefully created to persuade and align black peoples thinking in a certain anti-revolutionary way.

The so called black middle class is far from being a true meaningful middle class, as they don't own the means of production compared to the white middle class. The white middle class has capital, inherited wealth, paid up property, assets, and own the means of production, unlike the pseudo black middle class.

The imaginable black middle class is heavily indebted, is caught up in black tax, has no capital nor generational wealth and therefor has ACCESS to credit and NOT money. Our so called black middle class is the same group of people whom suffer from entrenched institutionalized inequalities and are living in societies were neoliberal economic policies are the order of the day, of which benefit the white middle class.

We cannot continue to classify our parents as middle class, as there's nothing middle class about them, as they've not caught up with the white middle class of which is far ahead of them due to our colonial and apartheid history. We are still far from having a true and meaningful black middle class considering that black South Africans account for the majority of the population.

The very dangerous term black middle class, refers to nothing but 21st century slaves of which sadly own nothing and gives black people hope as they automatically believe that they've "made it". honestly speaking, the difference between our black middle class and those lower to the, is in-fact the difference regarding what they materially consume and access to buying in credit.

The black diamonds are a bunch which have been carefully targeted by white capital and as a result, spend most of their income paying debts, driving cars of which many can't afford and contributing to the well being of lesser fortunate family members [ BLACK TAX] of which the white middle class don't have to worry about and in the process have much less to accumulate wealth and valuable assets.

As South Africans we need to be very honest with each other and we need to start grabbing the bull by its horns. We don't have a black middle class and in-fact have a collective of people who materially consume more instead of saving.

Now one would quarrel with this group of people, of which wouldn't be 100% fair, but one needs to understand their historical background, all they've ever wanted to do was move away from poverty and a have sense of having "made it".

Black people have lived for centuries of years where whites have lived in better economically viable areas, driving nice cars, attending the best schools and have therefore psychologically also wished for that, hence them changing lifestyles, moving to town and having all the things which were previously denied to them, even though most can't afford to.

Black South Africans whom are far better of compared to what they were previously, need to be educated about what it really means to be middle class and the responsibility they'll have to carry in-order to introduce a real and meaningful black middle class and being the first generation to accumulate wealth and therefore circulating it within the black community.