Whiteness structurally occupies top income positions in the racial state

Evidence

Now the elevated factions of social class in a racial state like the US have traditionally been white, or more precisely representing the interests of those occupying the structural class position of whiteness (and men). The US Census Bureau reports that in 2000 the top 5 percent of white wage earners received wages almost double those of the top 5 percent of black wage earners. — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race, 406

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Racial and class oppression are inextricable, with whiteness holding six times the wealth. — Clara E. Mattei, Escape from Capitalism, 89