No white person in America can choose to ignore race -- the color of their skin and the supposed inability of them to see beyond it is flung in their face multiple times a day.

As someone who is biracial, I can say without a doubt that my white friends were never as racist as my Indian cousins. There was a time when that wasn't so, but that time passed in the 1970s. You may not recognize that if you only hang out with the race you consider yourself to be a part of, but for those of us who are happy travelers across the lines that separate us, racism hasn't been a widespread white problem in 30+ years. As for our institutions - a black man became President TWICE, which couldn't have happened without the white vote, and in most federal and state agencies, you get extra points for both hiring and services if you're a person of color.

Racism still exists, it's just not most whites who are the racists