Chicago is losing its black middle class. Can it get it back?

[jtown,man]

Originally Posted by Steely Dan

But in the context of the black community of Chicago, the article states that black households only make about 43% of what white households make (an astonishing divide, btw, far larger than the national difference)

I wouldn't read too far into that stat. Chicago has a large poverty-stricken population that is most likely single-parent households and receiving government assistance compared to the overall American black population.