Ungrateful As the New Uppity

Delaware County, like Allegheny County where I grew up, is racially and ethnically diverse. Here in Delco (which I still consider the easternmost suburb of North Braddock), we are about 71.1% White non-Hispanic, 19.7% Black or African American, 4.7% Asian,  3.0% Hispanic or Latino, and 2.0% of two or more races.  Western PA has similar demographics - 82.87% White non-Hispanic, 14.39% Black or African American, 2.94% Asian, 1.40% of two or more races, and about 1.31% Hispanic or Latino.

Given the ethnic mix at both ends of the Commonwealth, one would expect most folks to agree with essayist Jelani Cobb.  I've used, as the title of this post, the quote below from his piece this past Sunday in the New Yorker magazine .

           Ungrateful is the new uppity.

Cobb's work deserves a full and careful read.