If there was systemic racism in America, he would not have become a top box-office star. Who's holding you back???
It really is beyond rational debate that there was institutional racism here. Governmentally it ended in the 50s and 60s. In peoples minds, mostly a while later.
He isn’t exactly being a radical to say that.
He is telling his kids that when they encounter things that still might not be right, accept personal responsibility to make it right.
Not a thing wrong with that. And a damn sight better than the race pimp point of view.