Patriarchal Reversals of Black Male Prestige: Effects of the Intersection of Race, Gender and Educational Class

This paper examines race, gender and educational class effects on occupational prestige. A weighted 1 percent randomly selected sample of all high school graduates and higher of Census Bureau Integrated Public Use Microdata (N=138,000,000) indicates black males are at a significant disadvantage. These prestige disadvantages result in race, gender and educational class conflicts.