The driver that ran over the guy (killing him) that beat his mother might be racist, or not, but the system that gave him a two year sentence for doing it most definitely is. Had the other guy been white as well he would have gotten six years, and maybe after four years served he would be paroled. Denial of the existence of institutional racism is usually quite strident and it always gives me pause. Maybe if we were less quick to jump to our feet insisting there is no such thing operating when all the evidence says there is, maybe if we were less defensive, maybe it would no longer be an issue.