Sure, but to say it's a "racist country" implies that it's the prevalent attitude, that it's institutionalized, or that it's something that's accepted by a bunch of people not called Greg Popovich. I think institutionalized racism is a thing of the past, that personal racism is at an all time low and is dropping with every year, and that the residue of past racist power isn't the only thing that's leading to unequal outcomes for black people. When Popovich says things like this, he sounds like a racial determinist, and I don't think racial determinism is particularly good for anybody.
I'm also generally skeptical when people talk about "systemic racism." Although I think it's obviously true that black families are still at a disadvantage in terms of social capital and accumulated wealth because they (not necessarily a particular individual, but maybe their parents or grandparents) may have been excluded from certain positions or jobs 40 years ago (and beyond), people who claim to see "systemic racism" usually go a long way beyond that claim. Many say that racism structures our entire society, and claim to divine racist motivations behind everything. They're the ones who might claim that microaggressions (which only they can define) threaten black mental health, and are an important explanation for black underachievement. But, of course, if you criticize that theory, then according to them it just means you're not "woke" enough to see what they see. It starts to sound a little like the worst kind of religious dogma.
