I wasn't racist until I worked in social services. I was borderline "woke" until then. Now I am a little racist, I have to occasionally consciously remind myself to treat and see people as individuals when a knee-jerk thought springs up.

I've known plenty of great people of all races. I've known shitty people of most races. (I've yet to personally interact with an unpleasant Hispanic, Middle-Easterner, Jew or Indian despite having met at least 5 or more of each category.)

Social Service recipients just happen to very, very largely be shitty, entitled people, and blacks are over-represented social service recipients, so I met so many more blacks than ever before, under shitty conditions, and damn if it didn't effect me.

Got out of social services and suddenly every new black person I meet is as cool as anyone else. But those years took their toll on me and sometimes I have to remind myself; it's not like there was a shortage of people in social services being beat senseless by white partners, either.