I'm not so presumptuous as to tell Black people how they should react to the continuous systemic racism that has poisoned our nation since its founding. Anger is both understandable and (in my opinion) useful (Dr. King uses the specter of Black riots as a lever in the Letter from Birmingham jail).

I believe that it is rational for any oppressed people to respond to their oppressors with anger. And I won't rule out violence as a part of that response (the American Revolution was an act of violence, and it was preceded by many acts of violence and the destruction of property--e.g. the Boston Tea Party).

But it is possible to use violence or the threat of violence with compassion. An example would be the response of Black and Colored South Africans, who--after the overthrow of the oppressive apartheid rule--established committees of reconciliation. The goal of Mandela and others was to replace the White system of oppressive rule with a government of inclusivity--but not permission or pardon for intolerance. That approach is consistent with your point that "We’ll be empathetic as soon as the structural redevelopment of the roots of this country become tangible."

I grew up in the American south during the Jim Crow era. In my experience, it would be a mistake to empathize with racists BEFORE curtailing their power. We cannot afford to appease or condone such behavior if we are to reach the ultimate goal of a peaceable kingdom.

Our goal (in my view) is to establish a nation where compassion is a given. I believe we will get there. And at the same time, I do agree with you that we must begin the healing process immediately, and without conceding an inch to the dark side.

An aside: as for your observations about the link between capitalism and racism, I've always differed with the Bernie Sanders camp, who seem to believe that if we establish economic equality (or parity or whatever), then we will eliminate racism from our society. In my limited experience, racism is more primal than economic injustice.

If material well-being were determined by ownership of dollars, and we gave every American citizen the same amount of dollars, the racists among us would still resent the fact that members of other races were as wealthy as they were, and they would seek to overturn that balance.