Given the reality that the races are programmed to have false beliefs about one another and themselves, doesn’t this support the idea that systemic racism is real? How can we differentiate the two issues?

This, too, is a perceptive realization. What we were saying in the previous channelings you were probing with your questions on systemic racism is only that systemic racism has been exaggerated, and in the case of whites in particular, wildly so, while destructive influences on the black community are not racist per se but designed to promote racial differentiation and disparagement by racist whites. In a sense, it is a kind of separate category of manipulation. It is a victimization to cause a state of limitation done by the interlopers. In a sense, whites are victimized by the inculcation of racist beliefs, but that does carry with it an appeal to ego and does not threaten their standing or status compared to other races, so it is more a wounding of the soul than of the self-image. The soul has a deeper reach, and deeper criteria in managing such things. The soul is designed to care about balance and truth in a long-term sense, whereas the ego may be quite satisfied with a temporary situation that gives the individual some advantage or perceived advantage, even though it might be temporary or illusory in the final analysis, because others can change and even coming from behind can catch up to and potentially outshine one who is favored in the moment by having an edge of some kind, superior knowledge and information, greater stability, a more privileged status by having made a head start, and gained capability through having an education, training, and acquisition of skills that provide stability and economic security. This as well, speaks to the issue that the perceived differences among the races are a moving target because people have the same inherent capabilities, and if one is more advanced in some respects at the moment, that will not necessarily be so forever, or even for very long. The many social forces in play to right the wrongs of history may well bring about dramatic changes for the better and the empowerment of those who have suffered and been diminished because of their extra burdens. That would be a kind of karmic rebalancing that would feel very satisfying to those who have lived through these difficult times.