Topic: Internal Migration

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91: Scott Free
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91: Scott Free

1960s Los Angeles Black Middle Class and "The Boule"

An archival recording from the 1960s features wealthy Black residents in Los Angeles expressing concern over the influx of "Negroes" from the South. The speakers describe feeling "embarrassed" by the "mass element" and wanting to maintain their social bracket. Mo identifies this as the "Boule" mentality—an internal class buffer that seeks to distance itself from the "common" members of its own race.