Yes. And there is no greater example of unfairness in the US of A than that of racism. For someone to complain that mentioning race "politicises" a discussion r

Yes. And there is no greater example of unfairness in the US of A than that of racism. For someone to complain that mentioning race "politicises" a discussion requires a willful blindness to reality and often seems like an attempt to avoid any discussion of the topic in any context. Any discussion of inequality in the modern world that does not explicitly include racism is necessarily deficient.