Martin Luther King fought equally hard for civil rights and economic equality.

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17. It's a false dichotomy, and doesn't reflect what's happening on the ground at all

At least from my experience. I can't think of any time in recent years when voters had to choose between a candidate bad on social equality but good on economic equality and a candidate good on social equality but bad on economic equality. From my experience, the more progressive a candidate is the better they are on both issues.

Likewise with activists, progressive activists are often good with both issues. Often, but not always. Sometimes you work with someone who has a good position on a few issues but a poor position on others. But it seems you're just as likely to get someone who's good on some social issues and bad on other social issues as you are someone who's good on economic issues and bad on social issues.

Case in point, the man who delivered the eulogy for Freddie Gray was a member of the Occupy Movement - but has been opposed to gay marriage. Yet no one (thankfully) seems to be saying we have to choose between the marriage equality movement and the black lives matter movement, but we have people pushing this idea that people need to choose to focus on either social justice or economic justice?

And again, most people who I know on the ground are working for both.