The laws on our books might be race-blind, but the original intentions by lawmakers, enforcement by police and prosecutors, and behavior of juries are most definitely not.
“Racism” is one of the most loaded concepts, but it’s a fact that even by this incredibly loaded definition the system is more racist than any other system in all of human history.
But it isn’t racist in the way that you expect it to be. It isn’t racist at the level of the intersection of the system and the “street”.
The problem that you think is the problem, isn’t. The real problem is much more insidious. And if you attempt to solve the problem that you think is the problem you will do nothing but worsen the problem, just as all previous interventions.
Sure, but it's still not the core issue. If racism were magically solved overnight, very little would change. You'd still have these corrupt systems exploiting the weak and poor.
And that is what makes it scariest of all.