So when you say that racism is "systemic," which "system" specifically are you referring to.
This entire compliant that "the system is racist" is akin to a child saying "life is unfair" simply because things aren't going his way.
Do people who are complaining about systemic racism want that problem to be fixed or is it a general "floating" complaint about life. If they want it to be fixed, they have to offer specific solutions to address carefully defined problems.
At the bottom line, it seems that the complaint--"systemic racism"--is an emotional one. For it to be addressed, that emotional complaint must be redefined as a logical, rational problem with logical, rational steps that can be taken to fix is.
The "defund the police" idea is very much like a child's "I don't want Daddy to discipline me anymore." And that brings us to the notion that this complaint doesn't really seek an answer.
It is a purely emotional response which seeks vague emotional redress (in other words, it is a complaint that CANNOT be fixed).
Still operating in a caffeine deficiency.;-)