I strongly disagree.

I don't see evidence that my African American grandchildren are suffering on account of their skin color at the systemic level. To the extent systemic racism is present in the system it tends to benefit them in many real and tangible ways.

Let's use Obama as an example, instead of generalities, specifically how did systemic racism undermine his opportunities to be successful? Likewise, how did Obama benefit from systemic racism... including affirmative action? Lastly, looking at the racial composition of the vote when Obama ran for President, who was more likely to vote for someone of their own race... blacks or whites? So, overall did Obama race hold him back or help propel him to the Presidency? None of this analysis is intended to detract from his talents which are substantial.

The majority of systemic racism in our system today has been deployed largely be progressive liberals to achieve racial equity as opposed to equal opportunity. I am not a fan of using racism to fix racism, but it seems to be something Democrats have embraced.

I likewise acknowledge, that there are a places where an individual can exercise their racist attitudes in a way that hurts others... but, if caught and proven that individual stands to get terminated at least that was true in the many companies I worked for during my career.

We need to move away from calling everything systemic racism... It hurts blacks doing so, since many believe they don't have a chance., so why bother. One could argue that perhaps the most systemically racist thing a society can do is convince people they are victims.

I do believe in the legal application of Critical Race Theory to determine places where unintentional racism exists. But where do you think this exists today specifically, not generally. The "legacy admissions" argument is an interesting one, since legacy admissions help fund private school endowments that universities use to give poor black children scholarships, they normally could not afford to give... so are legacy admissions good or bad for blacks?

Meanwhile, looking at medical school admissions, it is clear, medical schools are discriminating against whites and Asians. Even though blacks are underrepresented in medical schools, they are overrepresented at their relative "academic achievement" level. Is that fair? Should individuals suffer because of their skin color in order to achieve "equity"?

Once we begin to stop trying to "fix" the system by forcing outcomes, we can focus on improving the system by addressing the underlying problems. When you strip away the noise, the three biggest problems holding back black children these days... are poor public schools, not growing up in a loving two parent family, and poverty (highly linked to growing up in a single parent (mother) family. Address those factors and suddenly outcomes look far more similar... this argues social factors more than race behind unequal outcomes. So, how do we fix that?