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5 ways that class has nothing to do with sparing anyone from racism.

1. A white man with a criminal record receives more call backs than a black man with a college degree if said black man has a ethnic sounding name.hamiltonproject.org/charts/callbac…
Black men and women - although less likely to be diagnosed with some common illnesses are more likely to die from said illness. This is partly because the medical industry default for testing is white male.cancer.gov/news-events/ca…
African Americans person of any class that commits a non violent offense will often receive harsher sentences on a first time offense than a white person re offending @QueenMab87
sentencingproject.org/publications/u…
Trayon Martin the child of an upper middle class family tried to walk in his neighborhood and died. Sandra Bland, Philando Castillo all were solidly middle class ppl ., a traffic stop is deadly if you are black. Its not as analogous on class to race google.com/amp/s/www.wash…
Black homebuyers w/ the same income/preference were steered to less desirable neighborhoods when they had the same income as their white counterparts. Where is class in that? This also happen w/ loan products projects.newsday.com/long-island/re…
There are so many other demonstrations in EVERY field- medical, scientific, judicial, travellin, compensation to squeeze it into these buckets do look woefully misguided
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