Just a little bit disappointed. Unconscious racial bias isn’t awesome, and when expressed in violence should to be denounced and addressed with action.

Some might say (and I might agree) that systemic bias is equally as not-awesome, and when this bias expresses itself in gross (and growing) wealth inequality, it should be denounced and addressed with action.

Like a capital gains tax.

But apparently, the systemic bias benefits enough people with enough power that expressing displeasure is kept to a minimum, and action is entirely negated.

Joseph Stiglitz has written extensively on similar issues, so depending on your appetite for reading you can

Jump to his book The Great Divide (published in 2016, this is a collection of short articles originally written just prior to, and then following the Global Financial Crisis)
google search for articles like this one, or
take a look at slide 11 of this presentation from the World Government Summit in 2017.

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