I hear you, Kay. It's like one of my friends said, "white people are missing one of their senses" that people of color have around race. Interestingly, he was supporting your point that people are aware. I do think people are aware, but on maybe a more superficial level of awareness, like not deep in there. I noticed this when living in Peru. People would be very aware of racism, but it didn't hit them deep to the core, like it kind of went in one ear and went out the other.