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Privileged

I originally posted this on FB ----- CLASS PRIVILEGE I have increasingly begun to believe that the most important social issue in America is class. In America 2019 class may well be more important than race, gender, sexual orientation or anything else. I see a lot of posts in my feed addressing white privilege. Clearly that has validity and... -------ASK YOURSELF-in terms of living in America, would you rather be middle class black or poor white?---- This is not to deny the importance of race, gender, sexual orientation, etc. but generally speaking money is the most important factor in enjoying a decent life in America 2019. Certainly given equal income there are advantages inherent in being white, but the advantage of money is far more important in day to day life than anything else. We need to start addressing class consciousness, starting with admitting that we have a class based society and that --------The class you are born into is the single most important determini