Racism cannot be cured solely by attacking some of the results it produces, like discrimination in housing or in education.
If education does not create a need for the best in life, then we are stuck in an undemocratic, rigid caste society.
Do we talk about the dignity of work? Do we give our students any reason for believing it is worthwhile to sacrifice for their work because such sacrifices improve the psychological and mental health of the person who makes them?