I am reading Martin Luther King Jr.’s book. Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community? (King Legacy).

While there must be a continued emphasis on the need for blacks to pool their economic resources and withdraw consumer support from discriminating firms, we must not be oblivious to the fact that the larger economic problems confronting the Negro community will only be solved by federal programs involving billions of dollars. One unfortunate thing about Black Power is that it gives priority to race precisely at a time when the impact of automation and other forces have made the economic question fundamental for blacks and whites alike. In this context a slogan “Power for Poor People” would be much more appropriate than the slogan “Black Power.”

I think that what MLK Jr. is  saying here is that Bernie Sanders’ emphasis on class warfare and income inequality deserves the emphasis Sanders’ give it.  This in no way diminishes the need to fight racial injustice.  In fact, it is one, and I emphasize “one”, way to fight racial injustice.

In reading this section of the book, there was a powerful description of the psychological warfare prescription for slave owners to use to subjugate their slaves. While it was startling how someone could actually write this in a book for slave owners, and startling to read just what was perpetrated against the slaves, it is also startling to realize that these very techniques are now being deployed in class warfare being waged against non-wealthy people of all colors.