This is anecdotal, but...
One of the main reasons it's hard for racial civil rights issues to really hit home among white dudes like me?
My first real introduction to racial civil rights issues as an almost 40 man came from...
X-Men. Charles Xavier was obviously the MLK to Magneto's Malcolm X. And it existed, not in my own life that I could see, but in this garish universe of oversimplified morality and the impossible. As something that I thought we overcame since the time of the civil rights movement, rather than any kind of ongoing struggle, that was being rehashed with super heroes because we all knew who the good guys and bad guys were in that past struggle.
I saw very little in the way of direct racism for the vast majority of my life. I heard the "n" word maybe once in my first two decades of life, outside of TV programs. I saw nothing about how police operated in the inner cities, because I didn't live there.
I honestly thought systemic racism was a thing of the past. The reality is the opposite. The people are less racist but the system is still geared toward abuse and perpetual illegality for those who fall into it. And since the vast majority are black, the gap is seen as racial. Period. And we can’t sit here and argue semantics when their issues are as vital to them as any could be to us.
I love the second amendment. I cherish the ninth and tenth. The 14th is invaluable. The 15th is necessary.
But those amendments don’t keep me alive and make me successful. They’re high priority, but not essential to survival.
Criminal justice and law enforcement reform is essential to theirs.