Racism is a dial, not a switch. That makes using the word difficult, imo. Because no one wants to be called a racist, as was posted above. Words are very important, they are how we frame a discussion. So, when we use that word, it tends to instantly create an adversarial environment, imo. It is the right word, but it is a loaded word. As for racims itself, I can't see it ever truly going away. We are thousands of years into our development, and people still fear the different. Maybe, almost surely, it will lessen. But I don't know if it will ever truly go away. Systemic racism is imbedded in so much of how the world runs, that I often wonder if it is fixable by acts of government, or if it just needs even more and more generations to fade.