Negro anti-Semitism involves changes in the class structure of Negro society and the accompanying social movements, such as the rise of a Negro business spirit and Negro business chauvinism. Business associations within the Negro community, among Negro and white merchants, reflect these movements and the tensions that ensue from the struggle of Negro businessmen to win consumer-patronage from white merchants in superior competitive positions. Because of the ethnic character of these white merchants, the antagonism has taken the form of anti-Semitism.