Yes, personal & institutional discrimination because of race, ethnicity, nationality, religion, gender, age, and/or sexual orientation, is part of the United State's history and is still part of its present.

And yes, Black people and other people of color have been and continue to be victimized by institutional racism in the United States more than White people. However, that doesn't mean that we {Americans} should make White people the new Boogyman.

I believe that the issue is one of power vs powerlessness. Here's a question for you-who does it benefit for White people to feel that they are better than Black people {and vice versa}? And who does it benefit for White people and Black people to fight among themselves?

In my opinion, the conflicts between Black Americans and White Americans are beneficial only to those who have the real economic & political power in this nation-and those people who have the real power sure aren't most of the White people and most of the Black people in this country.

Furthermore, a group of people can make and enforce unfair, discriminatory laws against people who are from their same "race" if not their same ethnicity or religion etc.

Rwanda is an example of this in Africa.