Hypothesize that formulating the issue as about race ("Black Lives Matter") is actually making the problem worse, because people can think to themselves "I'm not racist, so I'm not part of the problem." I suspect it is better formulated as about social class, and especially conflict about behaviors associated with social classes.
Inspired by a white person who encounters police brutality at a rate on par with African-American men.
"I'm not racist; some of my best friends are black."
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