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Indeed, Dr. King realized in his final years that to truly solve racism, we must resolve classism and extreme materialism.


MLK's national "Poor People's Campaign" had tangible goals for this as well:

* $30 billion annual appropriation for a real war on poverty

* Congressional passage of full employment and guaranteed income legislation [a guaranteed annual wage]

* Construction of 500,000 low-cost housing units per year until slums were eliminated

(From here: https://www.poorpeoplescampaign.org/history/)

Some updated variation on this would still make a big impact if implemented today.


Andrew Yang 2020 has policies that are inspired by what MLK promoted. The $1000 monthly "freedom dividend" will definitely be a game changer for poor minorities.


>will definitely be a game changer for poor minorities.

What about poor people in general, regardless of skin color?




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