Of course. There are many reasons why different communities suffer from generational privilege. But when black and white people of the same class are treated equally badly, the problem is class, not race.

I agree with King. The solution to poverty is not to make it racially proportionate. It’s to end it.

“In the treatment of poverty nationally, one fact stands out: there are twice as many white poor as Negro poor in the United States. Therefore I will not dwell on the experiences of poverty that derive from racial discrimination, but will discuss the poverty that affects white and Negro alike. … I am now convinced that the simplest approach will prove to be the most effective — the solution to poverty is to abolish it directly by a now widely discussed measure: the guaranteed income.” — Martin Luther King