Obviously skin heads exist. I’m referring to the academic usage of “white supremacy”—an overall system that keeps non-whites from advancing. That’s just not true. Asians and Latinos are economically converging with whites, just as previous generations of immigrants did. Asians are the richest demographic. They live the longest. They’re over represented in elite institutions. And when you adjust for age and citizenship status, the supposed “bamboo ceiling” disappears too. Asians are evenly represented among Fortune 500 boards and over represented among new board member appointments.
Just because you personally haven't experienced it does not mean it doesn't exist. That's such a self-evident logical fallacy it shouldn't even need to be stated.
Systemic racism means that people are treated badly for the same reasons. It's why black lawyers are regularly asked if they're the defendant in court, why black youths are stopped and searched far more often than white youths, why there are obvious differentials in sentencing for identical crimes... and so on.
If you think these discussions are fraught, consider the position of those for whom this is about everyday experience and not just about "discussion" or "rhetoric."