Yeah, it's a shame. I wish everyone took Morgan Freeman's advice. you wanna stop racism? stop talking about it. It's a self fulfilling prophecy. (You not referring to you Mad_Hattie, but just everyone in culture)

The 80s and 90s were on their way to being more color blind and if we just kept on that path, things would have been much better. But then it became this hyper focus on race and "systematic oppresion". I mean these narratives were being taught in schools in the 80s and 90s, but weren't in mainstream culture quite as much. The 2000s - present are the fruit of that unfortunately.