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Re:U.S. Economy Shrinks at 4.8% Pace, Signaling Start of Rec... by cultus on Wednesday April 29, 2020 @03:51PM (#23023371)
Due to the history of the US, race is highly determinate to culture and socioeconomic status. It's a very good proxy for to cut across all sorts of differences. For example, you mentioned home owners. Guess which race has very few of those?

I would have preferred to see a poll based on income, but race is still a decent proxy for that.

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Re:U.S. Economy Shrinks at 4.8% Pace, Signaling Start of Rec... by q92z8oeif on Thursday April 30, 2020 @10:48AM (#23031374)
"decent proxy" is a gross generalization that depends on your deeply set pre-conceptions.
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Re:U.S. Economy Shrinks at 4.8% Pace, Signaling Start of Rec... by cultus on Thursday April 30, 2020 @11:52AM (#23032201)
It's a statistical fact. It's not racist to acknowledge that racial minorities in the US are disadvantaged.
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