Four ways Martin Luther King Jr. wanted to battle inequality

[Number23]

52. Someone in this forum posted a great post that says that for many white Americans

economics is quite simply, the only issue they have to deal with. It's here http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1187&pid=16206

They don't have to deal with economics AND racism like poc do. They don't have to deal with economics AND gender or sexual orientation discrimination. And even within movements that are created to tackle those issues, mainstream (white) perception is the norm. This is why every sub-group movement in this country (gay rights, women's rights, disability rights etc.) has had minority subgroups within the subgroups.

So economics is their most pressing concern. They view everything through that narrow view. Which is why when other people try to even talk about the other issues we face ON TOP of economics or, within the subgroups, the issues they face ON TOP of whatever the communal discrimination faced is, they are viewed as "manufactured outrage" or "distractions."

And we need to remember this every single time someone churns out the idiotic "race was created by the 1% to divide this country." That's never been close to how it works.