You should definitely download the Kanye clip if you've only read the transcript. He, you know, he did address the idea of poverty before he said the thing about George Bush. But I think he was so nervous and so upset that he just blurted the second thing out. Class definitely has a lot to do with it, but the racist aspect of it, in my opinion, comes in when you realize that most poor people are people of color because of that fact, because they have no access to better opportunities and no resources to get out of their situations. I wish that aspect of the story was being talked about more but I doubt it will. And either way, you're completely right, more should have been done and a whole lot sooner.