I've swallowed the complete racism narrative for more than 20 years though. Started out as a Communist/Trotskyist. Was getting no one anywhere, quite the opposite. Lots of flimsy race ideas without solutions, but LOTS of useful emotions. It goes way past simple awareness.
Some talk about old racist zoning laws, but changing that is not on any 'rights' movement's list of priorities in any way.
It's all more of a spiritual guilt trip revenge thing, which is what you get when your most praised movement consists of self described Marxists with goals that never mentions changing zoning laws. I guess that would solve too much (if it isn't just a lie), so the revolution stops being attractive for the masses.
Then you get to know some former 'believers' amongst minorities - how their taught paranoia about racism gave them constant anxiety that made it difficult to think straight about daily situations.
Getting to own your own thoughts, emotions and intellect, undisturbed by overwhelming and paralyzing dogma, creates some very empowered and rational individuals, who know when to be alarmed and when not to. People who don't take shit either.
It goes for everything basically