First, MLK believed in systemic racism — it’s what he fought his entire life. He also believed in affirmative action and reparations, which I doubt you do, so you really don’t support doing his work at all.

Second, there is no ONE study to prove systemic racism. There are studies in every field — labor markets, education, the justice system, etc — that prove it. I’ve written entire books with those footnotes provided, and even articles here on Medium with those links but my guess is you won’t read them and wouldn’t accept the studies anyway. Because you want to believe it isn’t true. And yet you ignore the 20 questions I asked, which is telling.

If systemic racism WAS a thing — and only irrational or ignorant people would deny it was — for most of our history then why should we assume that has stopped? What is more logical: to believe that the inertia of all that history continues to warp us today or that it all stopped suddenly because some laws got passed? Just answer my questions. If you can’t, it proves the point.

No one (least of all me) is trying to make you feel guilty. If you are feeling that, that’s revealing about you. Oh and the fact there are successful black folks…no kidding. The first Black millionaire, however, was Madam CJ Walker, and she became a millionaire in 1911, which was a pretty awful year to be Black in America…so individual success says nothing about larger sociological reality. Your argument is like saying “Prove to me smoking causes cancer…I mean, I have an Aunt Polly and she’s smoked for 50 years and doesn’t even cough…” That’s not a rebuttal. It’s a dodge.

Just answer the 20 questions, and feel free to show me YOUR studies that debunk systemic racism. I’ve referenced dozens in my writings on Medium and hundreds in my books. But I’m really curious about your evidence. Everything I see here is just belief and faith and feelings…not evidence.