Definitely closes the gap. But racism (or gender) hits in ways that wealth cannot easily erase, since wealth is not always conspicuous. Even within class there are hierarchies of power. In a nutshell: I agree with your emphasis on class, but I feel weird about ranking it in absolute terms.
I definitely don't deal in absolutes. Which is why I buy stock in generalities or statistics. And by going along those routes, I'd say a black man in a beamer VS a white woman in a rusted out geo metro, the metro is probably gonna get pulled over first.
All the research I've seen demonstrates a racial bias in traffic stops, even when class is considered. Google/Semantic Scholar have quite a collection of accessible papers addressing the issue of "driving while black".
All the research you've seen doesn't research a class bias. I'd say equal parts intentionally and the fact that it's hard to get numbers on all the rich people cops don't police. Also overpolicing black people is both race and class, an overlapping issue.
My point: rank ordering issues is difficult w/o context. Poverty and race are connected, but one is not easily reducible to the other. Red-lining wasn't just about poor people, it was often about poor non-white people. Class, race, and gender are all issues that must be addressed.
For sure. I believe this 100% but on bluesky I've seen a lot of white men posts when the driving factor is neither white nor men. It's class. But yes class and race have a LOT of overlap. I've explained to my son that race is a tool of class. If we were all the same color it would likely be religion
Some of the research I've seen definitely does consider class bias. And it does change the numbers, as one might predict: poor people are disproportionately the target of policing. But so are men, and yet they don't experience across the board discrimination, it's contextual.
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