What disadvantages are there for someone of a minority race that a white person in a similar socioeconomic situation doesn't have

For one thing, African-Americans have much less wealth than white Americans. Even if you compare blacks and whites at the same income levels, you still will get this result. [1]

For another thing, blacks are much more likely to live in areas of concentrated poverty than whites are.

Finally, there is pretty good evidence that employers discriminate against blacks [1,[url=http://www.nber.or...

What disadvantages are there for someone of a minority race that a white person in a similar socioeconomic situation doesn't have

For one thing, African-Americans have much less wealth than white Americans. Even if you compare blacks and whites at the same income levels, you still will get this result. [1]

For another thing, blacks are much more likely to live in areas of concentrated poverty than whites are.

Finally, there is pretty good evidence that employers discriminate against blacks [1,2]

I don't think it is a terrible position to oppose race-based financial aid in favor or economic-based financial aid, but it seems to me a lot of people (like these college Republicans) make a big deal about opposing race-based financial aid and then just pay lip service to promoting economic-based financial aid. The fact is, we don't have enough economic-based financial aid as it is. Blacks and Latinos are less likely to graduate from college than are whites, and a lot of this has to do with economics.

If the BU college Republicans were sincere about installing fairness and equity in higher education, they would lobby their state and national governments to increase more funding for need-based grants. Instead, they chose to exploit racial resentments. And then come election time, Republicans wonder why blacks don't vote for them.