2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: "income equality is the solution to racism. Any minority of ANY type knows that simply not true." [View all]Onlooker
(5,636 posts)Asian-Americans on average earn more than white people, but still experience marginalization. Not only Asians, but most middle class and even wealthy people of color experience racism. While income equality is certainly a major part of the problem, it's not the only part.
In fact, you can still have racism with income equality, and racism realistically is easier to address, and great progress has been made through civil rights legislation, voting rights legislation, hate crimes laws, education laws, etc. Income inequality is almost impossible to address in a capitalist society -- and in fact has never been addressed. We can make progress with minimum wage laws and taxation policy, but there will always be substantial income inequality.
My suspicion is that this poll reaffirms why so many people of color have difficulty embracing Bernie and his supporters. Income inequality is not the same as racism.