Christopher, I have a unique perspective on this being one of just a handful of white members in my church family.  The problem arises in the fact that most of the white members don't understand institutional racism, racial profiling and those types of maters because their exposure to it is only surface.   The truth is that you really can't understand it unless you've really spent time with those on the other side of the fence and get a true sense of the reality that is faced.   I have come to fully understand that I was born into white privilege and after joining my local church because I can see the inequality in the lives between the two cultures first hand.  Every chance I get I try to speak out about the issues you brought up here because I agree with everything you have said in this article about this injustice and I know Christ would not want any of us to stay silent.  Sending love in Christ