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In reply to the discussion: No other candidate in this race has been as strong of an advocate for racial justice as Bernie has [View all]Bjorn Against
(12,041 posts)I was a sociology major, I have studied these issues thoroughly and I realize that wealthy minorities face racism as well.
A black man driving a BMW is more likely to be pulled over because the officer assumes they must be a drug dealer if they can afford a car like that. You can see in a situation such as this however that there is an assumption that the black person is poor and they don't have the resources to fight back. It is these sorts of cases that are most likely to lead to discrimination lawsuits because wealthy minorities do often have the resources to fight back.
If there were economic justice then more minorities would have the means to fight back and it may just make the racists think twice before they discriminate.
Again, I am not claiming economic justice will make racism disappear but it will certainly bring us a whole lot closer to racial equality than we are now.