> So based on skincolor you can tell if I started with 2x the money? You can tell whether he is a millionaire or not? If he lived in a safe area or not? You judge someone based on skincolor, you can back it up with numbers sure, but you didn't judge based on who he is.
The data on US household median income by race is well published data, and shows Black household income lags behind white household income. So yes, while I cannot tell exactly your financial situation, I can make an educated guess with some degree of certainty that if you are white, you were more likely to grew up in a household with higher income.
Educational attainment is also correlated to race as well. For whites 25 and older, 65% have had some form of college, compared to 55% blacks.
And is ONLY with race information. Add a zipcode, that certainty increases.
People are upset with Affirmative Action, because it is picking winners based on race. However those same people fail to recognize factors in their lives that have effectively picked them as winners. That is what society is referring to when they speak of "privileged."
> If you fix the economic divide violence goes down, substance abuse go down, happiness goes up, and the major beneficiaries are minorities and the ones that will be hit the hardest are the majority group, no racism necessary.
I think you've made my point--the economic divide correlates with race. You cannot fix the divide without first acknowledging that racism largely is responsible for it, and continues to further it.