Farrow noted that some African Americans may find some of the “Occupy” leaders’ rhetoric offensive. He said protesters have compared America’s troubled economy to modern-day slavery, and big business to slave masters.

“To say that we’re slaves to corporations trivializes the brutality of chattel slavery,” he said.

And the movement’s “99 percent” idea, Farrow explained, may unintentionally exclude minorities.

“What we end up with is a movement that is speaking very much to issues around the ‘middle class,’ which just leaves out throngs of people who are poor.