This Ted talk made me think of you. It was cool to think about his and your points further! : https://www.ted.com/talks/chetan_bhatt_dare_to_refuse_the_origin_myths_that_claim_who_you_are#t-1139370

I think this man is talking about what you're getting at in this article, no? I also think I can further articulate my earlier point, that we have to separate into categories because we have done this in the past(categorized people), we then tried the humanizing approach of trying to see everyone for who they are(all lives matter as example), but racism, racially motivated policies and history prevailed. So it isn't until we take an honest look back at America's history, can we truly eliminate those categories, because part of that MUST be done by things like reparations which will require categories by design.

Cheers!