Because race is an important dimension that is a pretty good proxy for a lot of things in this country. It runs deep in the experience of nearly every African A

Because race is an important dimension that is a pretty good proxy for a lot of things in this country. It runs deep in the experience of nearly every African American, whose voting power as a block have systematically been curtailed by intentional and racist actions of others. I do “class” is the bigger grouping, but race is important and correlated with socioeconomics.