That is a well thought out post, thanks for it. I do not have time to adequately respond. I will suggest this as my quick response, in many issues Blacks are more conservative than much of the rest of the Democratic party. As a group Blacks voted Biden over Bernie and is why Biden won. Most people know Biden is far more moderate (a few will lie and pretend otherwise).
But the GOP has a big problem with the Black vote. Things like trying to outlaw Sunday voting is a large part of it. No one pretends there is fraud in Sunday voting, it is a coordinated effort to reduce Black turnout. There is no other explanation.
A lot of Blacks say there are issues with police relations, including upper-middle class Blacks, including Senator Scott. Too many conservatives the answer is, "You are wrong, there is not a problem and if there is, it is all your fault". It may be too many conservatives just pick their words poorly.
You mention the Black CEO issue. That might make sense but what about sports? Far more Blacks play football and basketball professionally, they have their MBA in their sport (frankly a doctorate). But Blacks are too often underrepresented in coaching and even more underrepresented in management.
I think there have always been examples of Blacks working to better themselves. HBUs are a prime example of a longstanding endeavor. Or here is a great example of Black philanthropy
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madam_C._J._Walker
I think you and I agree that one that cannot afford boots cannot pull themselves up by their bootlaces.
You admit systemic racism exists, we can quibble over amounts but we are closer than you might think.
And I agree things have gotten better. The question before us is 1) have we made enough progress 2) if not, can we speed up progress and 3) if so, how?
Which goes back to some of the old discussions here. Too often racists have used the confederate flag as a symbol of White superiority. But it has been slow to make that clear to some of our conservative brethren. The same is true for rebel statues. The Germans figured it out, it is awful hard to build a statue to a WW2 military hero without sending a terrible message to the Jewish population (and other groups). It was not a coincidence our rebel statues building exploded under Jim Crow. But we are supposed to act like it was all purely innocent. And I think you at least see my point, a few other conservatives will not.
I am not Black and I hate posting like this as I have no right to speak for Blacks. But Bing is seldom around and we are poorly represented in Black participation.
