I personally want to work in a world where what you're saying is true.

Unfortunately, the reality is that in some sectors, in order to feed your family, some people may find themselves required to put up with illegal abuses of power in order to be allowed to keep their jobs, or face other barriers that limit them unfairly.

If you think those barriers and abuses don't exist, well, congratultions on your lottery win, sir.

you should probably get off the internet and talk to real people for a bit.

Part of the reason why the discussion keeps happening is because more and more people are being brought into it. Fresh ears need to hear it, even if the voices are tired.

It's important to know when and how to take breaks from the work so that it doesn't burn you out, and so that you can step back and strategize about where you're going to put your time and energy.

Canadian senator Murray Sinclair, who chaired Canada's Truth and Reconcilliation commission put it pretty well:

"If you get rid of all of the racists in all of the positions of government, policing, justice, health — you will still have a problem. Because you will have a system that is functioning based upon policies, priorities and decisions that direct how things are to be done, that come from a time when racism was very blatant."

When people talk (knowledgeably) about systemic racism or systemic sexism, this is what they mean. They aren't automatically accusing people who are part of these systems of being racist, they're calling on people who have agency within that system to learn more, uncover their blind spots, and make changes.

I will concede, however that there are people who equate systemic discrimination with personal bigotry. Some of them just don't get the nuance, some of them are frustrated that people in power are remaing "blind" to these problems for so long, and start to think that maybe there's something else to it.