I didn't either. You're more likely than not right on the black and white thought now. Though no doubt racism would be in some of the top people's minds, bottom line would be money talks. Though there would have been lots of historical racism in that likely racism takes a relative back seat these days. Hope so, anyway.
It was Plato who said, “He, O men, is the wisest, who like Socrates, knows that his wisdom is in truth worth nothing”