# Class and Social Mobility in The Blacker the Berry

> Theme guide for The Blacker the Berry by Wallace Thurman.

Emma Lou's poverty and lack of exceptional talent or wealth compound her color-based struggles, as the narrative notes that dark girls can succeed only if they are 'exceptionally talented or handsome or wealthy,' tying skin color to economic opportunity.

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