The sooner society acknowledge this truth... and realize at 100's of years it did not just vanish, and to admit the truth, "does not mean all white people are racist'... it simply is a fact that racism raged in a greater part of white society for centuries, and in the past 55 yrs since the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
It has not vanished nor has the conscience mentality that drove it over all those centuries. American society has to acknowledge that it was saturated in every aspect of American Solemnity by overt and covert means and some had even the illegality of being sanctioned in national and regional policies, such as the long history of Segregation, and the Jim Crow Codes.
No one can deny that historical documented truth. We still have a long list of
hate groups who still aspire to racist ideology.
People seem not to fathom how advanced America could be today, if it abandon racism in every sector of our society, not only are we a great nation today, we could be an even greater nation in every category, and we would have long ago stomped out poverty, and had national health care and we would today still be the "industrial powerhouse" of the nation, and we would not see the disparity in economic standings within and among the American population.
We still have that opportunity to rebuild on a basis of Equilibrium of Humane Regard for All Americans, and Civic and Civil standards would propel us to a height we have not even imagined possible.
LBJ... set us on the pathway, and we've had far too many who came after him who sought to dismantle all that he set in motion and promoted as in being a "Great Society" - If only people would invest in "reading and learning", no one would have to convince them of this, the facts speak for themselves of what a Great Society we could be in this day and time far beyond what we think.
The current Administration has set in motion a discord across this nation, damaged hope and it affects every American, and the anguish that has been set about in society is an atrocity beyond anything that should exist on American Soil.
People have to look beyond themselves and expand their mind to embrace the truths, that we can become the greater of all that we can be.