It was the lowest it had ever been in history before 2012. Now it is being over amplified (Intentionally) by the captive media. It is interesting that it began to be amplified only a few months after some leech like changes attached to the NDAA 2012 removed a lot of the restrictions against using propaganda (aka lying/manipulation) on the U.S. people (that were in Smith-Mundt act). Then in December, 2016 via executive order the last of those restrictions were removed. There are no longer any restrictions on lying/manipulation, and completely fabricating and amplifying stories and there have not been since that Executive Order. Once you become aware of that in my experience that explains a lot of what the media is doing and why it seems so different. It is different.
Racism cannot be defeated by racism. Those yelling about it the most and making demands based upon it are the ones pedaling racism and making it worse.
Racism will cease to be an issue when people no longer consider race when making decisions.
Diversity (at least the type they are pushing) and Critical Race Theory are so focused on race and artificially paying attention to race that the end up being some of the most racist ideologies/practices in the world today. Yet it is being done under the guise of anti-racism which is a lie.