the dying economy

I attended a poetry recital recently. In between recitals, the host opened up discussion to concerns such as education, the economy, health care- basically all kinds of politics. The main topic of discussion was the diminishing middle class. They said the middle class is panicking, they dont have this or that, but now they know what a typical African-American is born into and exposed to everyday. "They wait until the upper class is in jeopardy before they finally do something about our everyday struggle."