Frank Galvin said:
Two things come to me immediately:
Racism contributed to an enormous wealth gap that lessens the idea that "all men are created equal." Differences in approach to making sure minorities have equal opportunity play a large role in our division.
The disparate outcomes white and black (not sure about other minorities) face when interacting with the criminal justice system also leads many black to believe they do not have equal protection under the law. And protest as a result.
Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness or liberty, equality, fraternity; if you prefer the original version. I don't see wealth on that list anywhere. I don't see equality of outcome on the list.
Why do we care about equity from white to black? We don't care about it from white to white or white to Asian or white to Hispanic (though anyone not black is white these days, I suppose).
Non US blacks tend to do quite well (African immigrants, for example). Am I to believe that a black man born in Alabama has a harder road than a black man born in Zambia?
FTR, I don't wholly disagree with you. Justice is not blind but the best way to avoid that problem is to avoid the justice system entirely; something a HUGE chunk of the population manages to do.