Most of the American people today are not racist, but there is still systemic racism in America. How can this be? Well, too many of our institutions, like law enforcement, have not caught up to where most people are on race. And they still have racist practices. That’s systemic.
No, the majority of Americans “don’t think they’re racist” but the reality is they have unconscious biases that they need to work on. The first step in fixing a problem is admitted there is one.