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US judge in Texas rules minority business agency must serve all races
(www.reuters.com)
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I hate everything leading up to this and what will lead after this with our political judiciary, hate that this was in no way brought up in good faith, but basing assistance on class is literally the best way to do it, and sell it to the people at large.
I lowkey find this ruling OK in a vacuum. Assistance should be based on wealth, not race.
You can be rich or poor, black or white, and still be left behind economically. Race is a good indicator because history, but doesn't capture the fundamental underlying problem of oppressed underclasses.
When you base assistance on class/wealth, you help EVERYONE who needs help, and you both help and sidestep the hillbilly voters wondering why "Dem Blacks" have a hand up while their family farms (their lives for GENERATIONS) are left to rot and are left behind.
Seriously, pro-worker policies are possible in the US, it just has to be framed as pro-worker in general, not just pro-a-race-america-fucked-over policy.
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