It’s a great question and important and fundamental to the conversation. I don’t this a suburban white Denver or Boise family has much “skin in the game” going about their daily business, especially in a comfortable setting where everyone has the latest iPad (my kids included here). There some good arguments, that are real but hard to care about: namely from the economic perspective the freer and more unrepressed an individual is, and the fair access to education they have, then the more economically productive they can be, which only will grow the economy and the riches of all. That is not a moral argument, granted, but that “superior” moral argument doesn’t seem to always have much teeth in their suburban comfort, as you seem to be aiming at.
I can tell you as a middle class white man in a diverse suburb or Houston, surrounded by successful minorities in large homes and with nice cars, where my white children go a very diverse school and my daughters in the science club in middle school where there are maybe only three other whites among the minorities of all types and backgrounds, that I see the positive reality and potential of diversity. Still. The rich and powerful politically entrenched don’t want to give up their power and their ability to repress wages, which helps raise their profit margin, without direct confrontation. I’ve been writing about the racism issue since just after the death of George Floyd, but after over two years I realize there probably are few other whites outside of academia actively engaged. So it’s tough and uphill struggle. I’ve been “fortunate” to experience unfairness and repression for standing up for diverse others, and feel driven to continue. I get scant support in my efforts, though I do find black Americans to be supportive and a few whites. I’m glad I don’t have to make my living writing about this issue, as it doesn’t pay enough and would have to write about celebrities or something. So I still try to,count my blessings.
Thanks much. It’s a tricky and vexing concern you raise.