If you're using race as a proxy for wealth (e.g., black ppl tend to be poorer and the poverty is a disadvantage), then you should just use wealth, not race.
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Im reminded of being in a clubhouse sex worker room where I was surprised to find all the other black sex workers had come from significantly more advantaged positions than me; I was the only one who got into sex work cause I was very poor and had few other options.
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But no, one had quit a six figure job cause sex work was doing better for her, another had done it just for fun as a side gig, another was in a secure life and her boyfriend urged her to try it. Every single one of them was wealthier and had more options than I'd had.
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But in those conversations, the fact I was homeless and sleeping on a friend's couch was irrelevant, because I'm white. Whiteness is privilege, so the disadvantages of my poverty weren't meaningful or tied into any broader narrative. Nobody in that room said anything about it.
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