n 1994, Ellis Cose surveyed successful, middle-class African-Americans and uncovered an often unspoken rage. He described his findings in the book The Rage Of A Privileged Class.
Now, 17 years later, Cose has discovered a major change among middle-class blacks: They have become one of the most optimistic groups in America. He reveals his findings in a new book, The End Of Anger.
Cose tells NPR's Neal Conan that the rise in optimism is not linked to perceived end of discrimination.
"No one black who I talked to thinks we have arrived at a point where we are an equal opportunity nation," Cose says.
Cose conducted two large surveys — one of black Harvard M.B.A.'s and one of graduates of , a program that sends kids to prep schools. He says he learned that for well-educated and well-prepared African-Americans, "the sky is the limit."
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