Should hatred against poor people be considered morally equivalent to racism?

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Capitalism and private property are functionally equivalent to racism.  I don't know about morally.

So if I'm a homeowner I'm just as guilty as someone who is racist because I own my own home?

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It's revolting and stupid and unfair, but beyond not being racism, it is not quite a bad a racism, because as noted, it is not an immutable characteristic. Particularly revolting are those who dump on poor folks, who themselves are not poor primarily because of their own government subsidies, including sometimes gaming the system for them.

Being not-poor is by definition because of a 'government subsidy', Torie.  How else could one class control another?

Here is how one class controls another. Lower income voters vote for Democrats who tax higher income voters. In return, these new taxes are given to low income voters as a reward. This is how the lower income class controls the higher income class.

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In all seriousness it should be equivalent only if someone is hated for the fact they're poor. This would be comparable to someone being hated simply because of their race. Otherwise I'd say no.

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Yes. And it's no coincidence that the two almost always overlap.

Very true and another very sad problem is that hatred of conservatives and hatred of Christians often overlap.