I think you're a misguided fool.I agree with what you're saying Diogenes however I guarantee if you was in the same situation you would be judged in the woke court based on little to no evidence other than one person claiming to be offended by your conversation and as a result you lose your job, livelihood and your reputation tarnished forever and some find that acceptable.
I used to think these people were just misguided fools/student types but through the lens of my third eye I see this group as being a real threat to our liberties and freedoms of expression. They're the left wing equivalent of those mad baptist pastors in the US who are fiddling taxes and touching kids whilst judging everything else that moves.
But not entirely. I think you're right in we are being distracted with certain race issues whilst they 'rob us all blind.'
But unfortunately I think you've been suckered in by this 'woke' nonsense, which, like the race and other culture war stuff, is just more engineered distraction. So aim your anger in the right place - the left (by and large) is not it. And start with the MSM.