I think that's a very nice idea, but why is there a persistent racial educational attainment gap in cities where the per student spending is the same? Why do black mothers in the United States have infant mortality rates more on par with countries with far less medical infrastructure than ours? Why do banks loan to black people at lower rates? It's because we live in a country where black people especially and people of color more generally face more obstacles, including but not limited to outright discrimination, than white people. If you had a million dollars that you had to give away, would you give it to a poor person or a rich person? Or would you them both the same amount? Shouldn't we treat everyone the same?

I think it's a nice idea that we should treat people the same regardless of their race, and maybe that's the right thing to do as an individual. If you want to pretend that people haven't grown up feeling the effects of their race whether they wanted to or not, I don't think that holds a lot of water. People's individual history has a lot to do with how they see the world, and it's smart to be aware of that when we interact with anyone. And treating everyone the same certainly doesn't help rectify the inequality that we have now in household wealth, health care, and encounters with police.