Talk:Black elite

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"The mulattos patterned their lives after "polite" white society." Just the 'mulattos', or also the quadroons, octaroons, etc? The 'one drop rule' was invented in Virginia, and was adjusted in South Carolina to '1/8th or more' because of the 'mixed race' background of their elites, specifically the Gibson family. Some material for further reading: (PBS) The Blurred Racial Lines Of Famous Families. MrSativa (talk) 16:14, 5 November 2016 (UTC)

Article should be combined with topic African-American upper class
the article African-American upper class is much more complete and well organized. It would do well to add this text to the other topic. That would also take care of the POV flag, because the other article is specifically about USA.

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Needs sources and improved content
As it stands, this article could be deleted because of its lack of sources, which means few statements can be verified. It appears to be Original Research (OR) or a personal essay. It has way too many generalities: some members of the black elite in the UK or the US may be of mixed race, but not all mulattos, quadroons or maroons entered the black elite in either society. These categories were referred to as "more black elites" in a See Also section. Maroons often stayed clear of mainstream society, isolated where they were autonomous. Parkwells (talk) 21:03, 21 August 2020 (UTC)