I think books like this really just undermine the actual fight against racism. It strengthens the rethoric of the far right that the "woke left" or whatever you may call it has derailed.

It turns racism into an almost metaphysical thing and detracts from concrete policies to fight racism.

The systemic nature of racism IMHO in America is really the fact that there is no kind of social welfare state to speak of. That is because racists have played on the fear that poor black people get something "they did not deserve."

If you want to actually do something that matters I think a no brainer is to actually implement a functioning welfare state: public health care as a right. Paid maternity leave. Free college. Equal funding of schools instead of funding schools directly with property taxes which benefits rich neighbourhoods.

In issues of police violence the key problem is that American cops unlike cops in other western nations by law don't face much consequences from using violence. Also they simply are not trained in de-esclation techniques.

If more energy could be put into pushing concrete policies to reform police, welfare system etc, far more could be achieved in fighting racism than in turning racism into a metaphysical manifestation.