Racism isn’t a major issue in the USA

There a very few actual racists in The United States.

There a very few racists in The United States. Yes, you read that correctly.
Racism is not a massive issue in our country, and it hasn’t been for more than twenty-five years. When you check the news, you regularly read about racist politicians, cops and online personalities. Branding people “racist” is one of the most common political attacks for a simple reason, it is an effective way to gain ground over a political opponent. It’s so effective because since the civil rights movement, America’s “Baby Boom” generation has effectively decided that the racist actions that were taking place in the country for many years in our nation were not per our nation’s ideals.
In the 80s and 90s, people of all colors began to be popular among the general public. We rightfully enshrined a lot of the teachings of people like Martin Luther King and other intellectual giants that taught men to be as color blind as much as they could be. As a young kid, I never even thought about kids of another race being any different than I was. We made a lot of progress and though there still were still people that believed that a certain level of melanin in your skin made you lesser human being as an individual, that viewpoint was largely being eradicated. Our nation strove toward building a society that judged people based on the content of our character and not the color of our skin. There were mistakes made by the republic after events like 9/11 and the race riots in the 90s, but we were moving forward. It all culminated in the election of Barack Obama, a man with whom I did not agree about policy, but whose election was a great triumph for the American ideals of equality for all men.
Then something happened, the internet grew into a monster that helped human beings channel the worst aspects of their personalities and tendencies. No matter how peaceful the day, the world is always on fire according to Twitter. Why? Because Twitter is all about getting attention and outrage attracts views and likes, and if your goal is to bring down a specific party or politician, there is no better attack than to brand them racists.
When I say that racism isn’t a significant issue in our country, I don’t mean that it isn’t important to any individual on any given day. What I mean is that the government and the public at large are not systematically putting any race down.
I understand if this sounds naive and idealistic, but if we continue to chase a non-existent phantom of racism in our nation all we will do is dig people further into tribes. We need to heed the words of MLK and try to see each other as individuals and Americans, not members of any race or religion.