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Originally Posted by Rathji

It doesn't matter if they are race based! I am actually saying they are not race based at all but a general property facing all people who have a minority status due to factors that involve race, gender, sexual orientation etc. Doesn't change the fact that they are real disadvantages.

I have no idea what you are trying to say here. Not being condescending, but this makes no sense to me, at all.

That is exactly the point I am trying to make. Thank you for stating it so clearly.

Great, so then if I were to say that a black, upper class female likely has advantages over a white, lower class male, you would agree? Because that is my point.

If you just take one perspective and ignore the rest, are you really looking at the real disadvantages people face? As you pointed out lower class minorities face different hurdles than upper class white females, or middle class gay couples. If you want to examine actual inequality as it happens in the world, you really do need to consider all the factors. My list certainly was not complete, but it did list factors that had basis in several areas, including class conditions that likely exist for new immigrants or minorities.

My argument is that in this day and age, any inequalities between people are caused by class, not race. I also don't buy that race is what influences your class. I know that this doesn't fit the mold of the self-loathing white man, but oh well.