I think we need a truth and reconciliation commission. That would answer your questions. We are talking about 400 years of history. That can't be done justice in the limitations of this forum. For example, affirmative action was at best a compromise. We want equality. We would have a 2nd Civil War if reparations were forced on the nation. Southerners had already demonstrated that they would rather die than share equality with non-white people. Like with Japan, we would have to nuke some of them to get them to surrender. I  think white people have been victims of their life choices. Most refuse to take responsibility for there actions. See Kansas. They would rather accuse minorities for the problems of white people rather than the white folks they follow. They are okay with being serfs as long as they can look down on minorities. Equality makes them just look stupid. The truth is that white folks have spent 400 years failing to achieve equality for all Americans.