This is a little bit of a deeper topic, and one that I don't expect many one-lined responses on, besides possibly the "tl;dr" from a few.
Many individuals in the world acknowledge and recognize their prejudicial tendencies and "racist" instincts, which are mostly based upon childhood teachings and experiences in the first place. Across the globe nearly, in almost any country that isn't a third-world, there are programs and people who teach awareness of the matter and profess to go off of fairness rather than prejudice, for the greater good and understanding of different cultures.
However (in America at least), the issue has taken an extreme path in regards to severity and actual practice, and because of it there have been many laws passed in the past century (20th), that have not only in my opinion increased the amount of racism in actual numerical population, but have also FLIPPED the balance entirely, where as opposed to the Minority holding control over the Majority, it is now the Majority who if they wished could stomp out the Minority.
Specifically I'm referring to the black vs white controversy that has been around for ages, and although I'm not naive enough to say that the problem is completely solved and fixed (KKK, ABT, etc etc), I do not believe it necessary to have some of the "education" in regards to the topic that is taught in classrooms. For example, in America there is a celebration of African-American (black) historical figures and heroes, that is supposed to be apart of the entire month of February, and so is titled as "Black History Month" by media, government, and school systems.
Morgan Freeman (black actor) was once quoted as saying he did *not* support the having of a Black History Month assigned to the calender and taught to children. His point, which I'll re-iterate, was quite valid, stating that you can't ever expect something to disappear if you insist on bringing it back up and essentially RE-TEACHING it to each and every generation that comes and goes. By having a Black History Month you bring about the argument, well why isn't there an Asian History Month? Or a European History Month? Or even a White History Month?
Hell if you really want to go on about races being treated unfairly, Americans treated the American Native Americans (Indians) FAR FAR worse than they did the black African-Americans, despite the issues concerning voting and slavery and what not. Americans KILLED the Indians homes and territory, they didn't let them stay on, even as slave-workers (who by the way most had families housed and taken care of), and were all crammed to death along the Trail of Tears back in the 19th century.
TL;DR version:
I believe "racism" these days is far too often coined as an excuse in attempt to "make amends" for the horrible facts of history more than a century old in many cases, and in today's society needs to be briefly touched on, reprimanded and warned against, and then left the **** alone. There shouldn't be a "special" history for just one race, there shouldn't be an "Everyone is a star" mentality that drives people to hide behind excuses, and ultimately people need to get over themselves and the "history" they're taught and instead focus on THEMSELVES and THEIR life(ves), and thus make the world a better place.
Like I said this is an open and deeper discussion, but I'd like to get some replies from people on the boards who bother reading just to see some other opinions.