Eggs are 60% more expensive than last year in the US

Re:Eggs are 60% more expensive than last year in the US by notafraudster on Friday January 13, 2023 @04:10AM (#34365519)

I agree, but isn't it necessary to reckon with the fact that historically, explicitly and intentionally racist policies (for example, Jim Crow voting laws) often laundered themselves, when convenient, through classism in order to escape scrutiny? Put differently, would you contend that poll taxes were not racist?

Also, wouldn't we expect that organizations that are explicitly anti-racist would conclude that because classist policies or laws have racially disparate impacts, addressing them still increases racial equity even if they are ostensibly motivated by race-neutral class concerns?

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Re:Eggs are 60% more expensive than last year in the US by lghh on Friday January 13, 2023 @02:44PM (#34372882)

> would you contend that poll taxes were not racist

I would not contend that they were not racist. I wasn't implying that every classist action is actually racist or vice-versa. Just that some are incorrectly labeled for rhetorical effect.

> addressing them still increases racial equity even if they are ostensibly motivated by race-neutral class concerns

Yep, nearly anything that effects class equity in the US will also effect racial equity.

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