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"The reality is that every  president since Lyndon Johnson has forgotten about  America's poor, and especially, poor Americans of colour . Most politicians rarely use the words  "poor" and "poverty"   in their speeches, unless they intend to criticise the poor for their lot in life.  Yet the black affluent class continues to emphasise racial progress and social mobility as if it's 1978, with Jimmy Carter as president and sitcom  Diff'rent Strokes (starring black actors Gary Coleman and Todd Bridges) an NBC primetime hit." Why I don't understand the black affluent class