Black Solidarity and black divisions

In the chapter, Black Solidarity and black divisions, Sibusiso Mpama addresses the importance of being black to him. He recognises strong class differences among blacks: some are seen as ‘less black’ because they enjoyed privileges associated with whites, like attending a ‘Model C’ school and living in a ‘white area.’ He criticises the tendency to stereotype blacks as poor, writing positively about the growing black middle class. However, he says that, despite the burgeoning black middle class, there a growing disparity between ‘the black haves’ (in which he counts himself) and the ‘black have nots’.

Reference:
Mpama, Sibusiso. 'Black Solidarity and black divisions', in Rob Pattman and Sultan Khan (Eds.), Undressing Durban (Durban: Madiba Press, 2007), pp. 332-333.