I think we have show we can be honest without being rude Bill and I appreciate that.  .  I hope we can keep working on that, (we'll probably have some bad days  LOL).

Part of racism is just natural.   Human's organize by tribe or by similar traits, most animals organize that way.   Look at other primates.  Primate groups will kill each other.

But we are the only species that has so much complexity to our society, and we live in close proximity in a lot of urban areas.  That create stress and conflict.   If the groups don't decide on common civil behavior, there will be more violence.  It's a story as old as history.

The problem with protest is that they are by nature one sided.   Hopefully, that leads to real conversation, but that's hard with racist on both sides doing nothing but shouting.

There is No equivalence in the damage down by white racism against black, versus black discrimination against whites.  That doesn't mean black racism doesn't exist.