re: #126 Belafon

I figure the simplest argument to show that income inequality and racism are separate are the black guys sitting at the Woolworth counter. If it were just income related, there was no reason those guys shouldn’t have been served.

It’s a fair point. But a decent amount of the historical record has suggested that the powerful, particularly in pre-Civil Rights Era South, used racist policies to keep poor whites distracted from their own poor economic situation. They’re both important issues that should be addressed - whether individually or collectively or somewhere in between - in a serious manner. But I’m not sure there’s anyone within the political landscape that can do that effectively right now.