No. We are fundamentally a racist society, not a classist society. It was all blacks who were deemd 3/5th of a person. Not poor blacks. It was all native americans who were exterminated, not the poor natives. Our immigration bans throughout history have been along racial lines - Chinese Exlusion Act, Asian Exclusion Act, etc. Not poor chinese or asian exclusion act. Wealthy and poor jews were discriminated against by colleges around the country. So on and so forth.
When's the last time you asked yourself 'What class person X belongs to.'?
We think in terms of race and to a lesser extent religion.
Besides, it's not an either-or situation. Why can't we address both racial and class issues?
People are bending over backwards to avoid paying black Americans for trillions in stolen labor. Switching the topic from race to class is another attempted deflection by the dominant groups in the US.
When's the last time you asked yourself 'What class person X belongs to.'? We think in terms of race and to a lesser extent religion.
Besides, it's not an either-or situation. Why can't we address both racial and class issues?