Of course racism created it, I don't see anyone denying that. That doesn't mean you can fix the problem by removing the racism, or that the continued existence of the problem shows the racism is continuing.
You're the doctor in the ER prescribing a seat belt for a broken arm.
I'm a Dr in the ER prescribing fixing the damn roads, removing the drug war, ending prison slavery, and improving educational funding specifically to the lowest performing schools.
You know, pulling the bone inside the flesh, setting it correctly, etc.
People against measures that correct the enduring condition are saying "well, we can't fix the old fracture, it healed like that!" Pretending that you can't rebreak and reset a badly set bone... Yeah it'll suck, but living with a badly set break is worse.