> In that case, race is very relevant to the "real reasons for a problem."
I'm sure you mean that racism is very relevant etc.
> In 2018, we can't discuss real reasons for police violence without race. In many cases, it is the reason.
Same here, you can't reasonably mean that race "is" the reason for police violence, you (most probably) meant that racism is the reason for police brutality.
This kind of mixing up of the concepts is precisely what I object to.
You're right - the real issue is probably more like the community an officer socializes in versus the one they police. But their own "race" is an easily-obtainable correlated proxy, and if your intention is to enlighten the discourse you'd be better off making the point as a constructive nitpick rather than sounding dismissive.
> In that case, race is very relevant to the "real reasons for a problem."
I'm sure you mean that racism is very relevant etc.
> In 2018, we can't discuss real reasons for police violence without race. In many cases, it is the reason.
Same here, you can't reasonably mean that race "is" the reason for police violence, you (most probably) meant that racism is the reason for police brutality.
This kind of mixing up of the concepts is precisely what I object to.