I'm half Latino and half African, through the years people like me was kept outside of opportunities because no matter how good you were at something you were n

I'm half Latino and half African, through the years people like me was kept outside of opportunities because no matter how good you were at something you were not "white" and therefore you couldn't get in. The same system but in reverse is still the same system and that is the last thing I want because how do I know its not going to reverse to those old days when people like me couldn't move up in life because I was born the wrong color?