Thanks for the notes. I still think racism is about perception and hatred, not *only* economic inequality. All things considered, blacks are still stopped twice as much as whites of the same socio-economic class for routine traffics stops. Factoring out class produces the only difference being an allowable and in built perceptual difference to occur. That means that cops perceive difference, and that difference is perceived as wrong doing, potential criminality, etc. The treatment of the same class of people won’t be wiped out by basic income, because it is already accounted for. The structural inequality that created racist perceptions was from laws and policies going back centuries, but also only decades, that sustained perceptual difference through disparate enactment of the same laws. Once recent example came from the housing collapse in late 2008 that caused the “Great Recession.” Blacks lost their wealth at twice the rate of whites. Additionally, the jailing of blacks was twice the rate of whites under the Crime Bill passed in the mid 90s, a continuation of the “crack epidemic” Bush Senior began touting. Almost all arrests for crack cocaine possession and distribution were on blacks, a staggering 99 percent, even though the crack usage rate was the same for whites of the same economic level. We don’t have to go back to slavery to see racist treatment ongoing that is enacted by government laws. Nor does class account for it, so basic income, while helpful, won’t stop practices strongly enacted by police, banks and other government forces. Although I would support a basic income bill, I’ve come to see it as sort of a red herring to cover up the government failing of addressing the minimum wage, which, when adjusted for inflation, should be $24 according to the federal reserves own statistics, and not “doubled” to $15 per hour. By the time they raise it to $15, inflation will have pushed it to $28 dollars or more, still living the working poor behind.