I never suggested that, and I think that's the core of the problem here.

Of course white people and black people can be born into varying degrees of opportunity. Of course anyone can slide in either direction on the socioeconomic ladder. 

We do have a society that is much more fair than it used to be, but we aren't out of the weeds.

To pretend that blacks and whites over the generations have had the same opportunities handed to them is a total fallacy. All you need to do is listen to the experience of others and try to understand them. 

I'm not trying to argue we void personal responsibility. I'm not suggesting we tip the scales in the other direction (affirmative action is a racist policy). And I'm certainly not suggesting that only white people can be racist. But to say that all black people who are in poverty are only there because of choices they made, or to pretend that racism against whites has the same impact as racism against blacks is harmful and ignorant.