Oh, I do. That is why it is so difficult to discuss. Many people who are not prejudiced support policies that have prejudicial effects, simply because they have not thought out the repercussions. There are also legitimate bigots out there who need to be squelched, but they have couched themselves in plausibly deniable rhetoric. How do you rout out one without alienating the other?
What are the policies that are racist or have prejudicial effects currently in the US?
When people are told in various ways "You are oppressed" "You are an oppressor" people begin to believe it and see it even when it isn't there. It creates a victim complex of depression and aggression. If you are oppressed why try?
If you are black and don't get the job is it because of your skin colour or because of your competence? Do you want to be hired by a place that has a board that says 'we must hire 5 more blacks' (You could replace black for women or Hispanics or Asians) or do you want to be hired because you were the best person for the job?
And when racism is the cause the roots of it are not tackled because people would rather moan about it. They look at the symptoms and not the cause.
Take an issue such as the literacy rates of black and brown students.
How ‘Reading Instruction’ Fails Black And Brown Children
"On national tests last year, only 18 percent of black 4th-graders scored proficient or above in reading; the figure for white 4th-graders was 45 percent. For 8th graders, the percentages were 15 and 42 percent. It’s sobering that more than half of white students fail to meet the proficiency bar."
The end result of this will be that far less black and brown students will graduate, go to college, get well paying jobs. It's no good crying racism over their lower paying jobs that they had to take because of their lack of literacy, its the literacy issue that needs addressing which goes back to the schools. The jobs and hire rates are merely the symptoms not the main cause. The majority of 'white' people are not oppressors or white supremacists or racists. Some are no one argues that but most are not. Some are ignorant and good dialogue would help that not tossing around accusations.
Back to the schools-who are the real culprits here.
Does lowering the standards to pass students help them? No. There are people who want to do this though in the name of equity. This isn't equity, if you are being passed because the standard was lowered you have dumbed down students without them realizing.
Does keeping them in schools that continue to fail help them? No, but they continue in this and even disallow students moving to schools who might be able to help them. .
The reason it doesn't change is the far left doesn't want it to change, they want a stupid population. Stupid people are far easier to manipulate.
"There’s abundant scientific evidence that explains why our standard approach to reading instruction isn’t working for so many black kids—and others. But educators and policymakers are often unaware of that research; some reject it. Schools continue to double down on the same things that haven’t worked for decades, expecting a different result."
Instead of throwing money at schools and continuing on in the same pattern they need to change it schools over to curriculum and methods that do work. The amount of money would probably be similar. There are people around who don't want that. Find out who is creating these school policies and setting down what gets taught and how and then you might find the genuine racists. It isn't the guy whose hiring and hires based on merits and the ability to read. It's possible he's a racist, but he's just an individual. No, go all the way back to whoever it is who is keeping those children from learning to read.