First of all racism, in and of itself, isn't inherently evil. If you said blacks were better at playing professional basketball, that's racist, but it's not evil.
Racism is the belief one race is better than the others. It's idiotic, but it's not necessarily evil. The only difference skin color has is in the real world is which foundation you should use...
The actual imbalance in our criminal justice system is
MONEY if you can make bail and show up for trial in a business suit rather than a prison jumpsuit you are less likely to be convicted by a wide margin
PERIOD Exhibit A: OJ Simpson
If we keep lying to minorities and telling them they are screwed from the jump because the "system is racist", how likely are they going to be to succeed?
It not only ignores the actual problem, it creates a new problem as well and it creates and instills fear.
Jumpsuit Prejudice happens on a subconscious level based on how people are dressed it has absolutely nothing to do with skin color.