(1) There is a distinction between policies that are based on race and based on class.
(2) There is a conflation of the two primarily because of the historical fact of "white supremacy"
(3) Framing and challenging class-based policies as racial clashes of "white vs. all" is counterproductive today because
  (a) it doesn't get to the root of the problem
  (b) it informs white people that they can't be a part of the solution ("alienation")
  (c) it furthers a racial divide

I don't think Kipp was trying to argue that people of color should circumscribe their views so he doesn't feel bad (although, cynically and politically, it may be a valid argument). Kipp is invested in trying to help the poor, but a history of white supremacy means he operates in an arena where the upper class is predominantly white and the lower class is predominantly minority. I don't see why he's not allowed to feel alienated when he's framed as the problem (because of his race) when he's working to help solve it.

-- SanjayMurti - 11 Apr 2012