Have there been any notable people that have claimed that classism and not racism is the current cause of racial inequality?
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As a Chinese-American, I feel that the status of such people has become more "equal" in my lifetime (which began shortly after the middle of the twentieth century). And there seems to have been a correlation that and the way that Americans looked at CHINA.
When my parents came to the United States around 1950, China was considered a "backward" or "Third World country. At that time, Chinese Americans were clearly "non-elite" persons in American society, close to the bottom of the social ladder. Only their education and professional accomplishments put them maybe one notch above African- and Hispanic- Americans, but below most others.
Within the past decade, China has become all the "rage," at least among certain circles of the American elite. For instance, "WASP" founding families adopted Chinese girls within the past ten years. Look for a bunch of Chinese-blooded "debutantes" with marquee names to "come out" in the 2015-2020 time frame. This of course, followed the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union, and the rise of China as the world's number two power. Whether consciously or not, the American elite appears to be "hedging its bets" with children of the rising power.
My mother used to say (in Chinese): "People will step all over you if you don't have a government that can protect you." All of a sudden, Chinese Americans have a "government" that people take seriously. And the status of Hispanic-Americans may rise if Mexico, for instance, becomes a great power.
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