There's perhaps a third possibility I can see besides the two I laid out earlier, but it's hardly more flattering. If the idea is to just let bigotry continue,

There's perhaps a third possibility I can see besides the two I laid out earlier, but it's hardly more flattering. If the idea is to just let bigotry continue, with no expectation that natural forces will resolve it, then that sounds to me like callous disregard for systemic injustice that is both historic and ongoing. At some point, a person doesn't have to themselves have bigoted beliefs to be a part of a rotten system. Inaction is sufficient. I don't think our concern should be for preserving every last drop of agency of people who have already made it into positions of wealth and influence when we have people at major disadvantage in the workforce for personal characteristics they had little or no agency in determining. My favorite Kurt Vonnegut book, Mother Night, is about the war crimes trial of a fictional all-star propagandist for the Nazi party. As the book proceeds, you learn that he was probably actually a double agent working for the US while not sincerely trying to be such a great propagandist. Yet he was a great propagandist, and his insincere work was of great service to evil. It brings up the question of whether intention really overrides the appearance and results of your actions.