The other way I see it going race-based class system.

Handful of white people at the top with all the money / power / etc.
Asians in the middle.
Blacks, mexicans, and poor whites at the bottom.

Yeah, it's either simply racist, or setting up a race-based class system.

Handful of white people at the top with all the money.
Asians in the middle.
Blacks, mexicans, and poor whites at the bottom.