I'd like you to clarify this post a bit more because I'm no longer sure if you're speaking about your personal offense at the words I used within the point I was trying to make, if you feel I shouldn't have disagreed with your original reply and my choice of words made it worse, or if my point can no longer be valid because the language I used can lead to it being perceived as a personal attack on you over a discussion of behaviors at large (perhaps some combination of the three? at the moment it's reading to me that this is more about the personal language choice and not the steps I think we should be taking.)

That specific question aside I'd like to clarify statements outside of the discussion of poor language use. I think these places are where the disconnect began to happen:

Having gone back, it seems that you've taken my statements as personal attacks because of positions you hold.

Arguably less, in fact: Here we are, going "what can be done?" and your argument is "stop being racist."

If we go back to the reply I @'d you in originally, I am piggybacking off of mk statement

His suggestion (as I read it), is for white people to squash the subtle shit that perpetuates this us/them mentality at every opportunity

This is not clear (which is my fault.) The steps 2a,b,&c I listed aren't a direct attack on your personal position. They are genuine actions I think and feel anyone, who says they've moved beyond that construct, should be able to participate in.

2a. People (read: white people and "minorities") who are aware and are active in environments where these behaviors manifest must confront them on an individual basis.

2b. People (read: white people and "minorities") who are aware must be active in engaging the people and environments who are subject to the construct in question. Part of mk 's suggestion (2a,b)

Notice that I didn't exclude the responsibility of all involved peoples and instead only drew the line in terms of the apparent construct "white people and minorities." (Which is a thing people see, so I felt it relate-able.) I am genuinely saying that we all should be taking these actions in w.e capacity we can.

Now, where I would be challenging your position directly is here :

Despite what you may think, there are very few concrete opportunities for the average white citizen to combat racism and police brutality.

And then proceed to argue that "actions against the construct" need to take part in "actions against the construct."

Not being an explicit or implicit racist is step 1 and that is not enough. It isn't. The "progress" made thus far wasn't because of people who went "I'm not a bad guy that's enough." It's the people who went and marched and protested and tried to take over government positions and etc.

You do have concrete opportunities. In 2c, I listed 3 activists groups who could use support. So even if you don't have to deal with racists directly, or have the chance to interact with other peoples and cultures consistently, you can still at least help the organized groups who are working on challenging the system.

If we agree that one option is the "few." It's still something that can be done and from my life experience a lot of people who claim to be as genuine as you, wont do that small task. Not so much as a RT or link to their work let alone donation. That's mainly what I am trying to highlight. That there have been people working on creating the space necessary to combat the tools of the system. Which bring me to clarifying another point which popped up later:

the nameless something out there that perpetuates racism and violence against blacks

this is not a nameless something. This is a clearly defined history of a specific, seemingly popular, demographic of people using the powers granted by American society to create environments by which another specific demographic of people can be systemically limited. This is not nameless, books have been written on New Jim Crow, our disproportionate legal action against black and hispanic peoples, white flight, discriminatory hiring practices. These are the actions of people and have to be addressed as such 1st. It's this understanding that influenced step 1. and why I claim that step 1 hasn't made it very far at all because these people are still acting in the environment with a very large amount of influence. Hopefully that's a clearer explanation.

I think that's it.