Sorry, but I have to disagree. In large part, blacks are at the bottom of the economic ladder and are bound to suffer the most in a recession. And I think Mitt hit on the reason today - education. Blacks have been so manipulated by the democrats that they, in large part, just accept the lousy education provided by government schools staffed by union members. But many blacks are waking up and demanding educational choice.
Education is like money - it may not buy happiness, but it sure increases your options. If you've been handed a dipolma without learning to read and write, your employment choices are really limited. Hell, to start your own business without running afoul of regulations you practically need a law degree. If you only read at a 6th grade level, you are screwed.
So, after a long and circuitrous tour of the Dem Plantation, Blacks are finally getting back to 1967, when Education, (not 'cultural studies', but a genuine education) was seen as the key to improving one's lot in life, and focused upon as the tool which was most essential to success.
What a long, strange trip it's been.
Unfortunately, along the way, a large part of a couple of generations has been pandered to, buttered up and bamboozled into thinking they either do not need that education or that they have it, when in fact, their entire fields of study primarily exist to produce and add academic credibility (well, certification) to Marxist nonsense.
The 'Great Society' and the War on Poverty have been going on since LBJ, and if anything, things are worse.