That's my point though. Its not been in the background, its always been a problem. Its just been buried so hard you don't even realize how bad its always been.

Look at the Nick Sandmann case for a microcosm of it. An entire massive event, framed as racism and this huge thing between whites and Indians. Yet not a single peep was ever uttered about the Black Israelites who started the whole thing and did a lot more damage across the board right then. Those guys aren't new either.