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]Kentonio
(4,377 posts)The theory is that if people aren't segmented off into the poorest areas of society (which amongst many other things have higher crime rates due to the levels of poverty), then its far harder for the racial majority to think of them as different or dangerous based purely on their color. It also helps provide far more power to minorities if they have the economic strength to engage fully in society and with the legal system instead of relying on judicial and governmental systems that are rife with institutional racism.
Without the economic re-balance then you're basically relying on white people to fix the problems of racism, and not just white people but the same institutions that we already know are institutionally racist. That hasn't worked for the last 50 years, so why would it magically start to work now?