Still, these attempts to slice and dice demographics in order to prove one class is held down for the sake of another is pointless and meaningless. It proves nothing. Attempts to use them to enforce draconian measures to elevate a class in the name of equality could just as easily backfire.
The other day, I saw a FB post from an old acquaintance about how racial economic equality needs to be mandated by law for minorities. To which I replied, "Yeah, Asians and Jews have it rough these days".
Astonishingly I was told Asians and Jews are not minorities (news to me). Apparently, minority is code word for being black (also news to me). To which I responded, "yeah Jay Z really has it rough these days".
Unfortunately, my point was lost on this poor soul. In his attempt to "recognize his white privilege" he fell into the Black == Poor trap and when Black != Poor it's just an anomaly. Sorry, but I call that racist.
The fact that Asians are generally a successful minority in the US has no bearing on a poor Asian person.
We need to elevate all the down trodden. Why do we have arbitrarily slice them by race and gender?
