Agreed, I put this to three factors of those in power, including the media, that feed off such conflict as it gets them more money and power, along with those who can't let go of old grudges and try their best to pass these grudges to the next generation, and the growing mindset of you're either for me or against me to the point that unless you're 100% for me then you're my enemy!
That last factor being the strongest contributor to the present situation as it prevents any real discussion and polarizes people. While the rest just helps indoctrinate people, generation after generation...
All the while we keep ignoring the real problems in our society and this keep getting worse as we often blame and focus on the wrong things.
Does it matter to most people that most cops in big cities like New York are actually minorities themselves? Does it matter that a African American College Professor did a study that found cops actually shoot more white people? Does it matter that over 99% of African American death is by violence from other African American's? Does it matter that a African American child in places like Chicago is far more likely to be killed by a local gang and literally hundreds get killed every year with practically no media coverage?
Did it matter in Milwaukee that the cop that shot the crook was African American himself and he was protecting the locals from getting shot as they had a rash of civilians getting shot that week? Nope, they just used it as a excuse to go after white people... An Asian reporter almost got lynched there just weeks later until someone yelled out stop, "He's Asian", and escorted him out of the danger zone... Was that even reported on most media outlets? Nope...
The problem is not enough people know what's really going on and how often the facts get distorted to fit some agenda that we end up too busy fighting each other than facing and solving the real problems in our society...
How many people are fighting to deal with the over 2000 deaths in cities like Chicago? How many are actually dealing with the root causes of poverty, the lack of education, the growing number of single parents and broken homes, etc.?... Nowhere near as many as would be if we weren't fighting each other...