If race was invented to justify exploiting other people then being white has never been good. I have listened to a radio podcast "Scene on Radio" called "Seeing White" that discusses the history of being white including how it was started and what has kept it alive for over 400 years. One of the speakers on the podcast asked the question about whether "being white has ever been good." Considering the terrible exploitation of people of color by whites over these 400 years it seems clear that being white is not good. It is also clear that institutional racism is alive and well in maintaining: the gap in income; home ownership; jobs; incarceration rate; and neighborhoods [home values].
It seems clear that race was created inorder to justify exploitation of people of color starting before we became a country and yet was justified in our constitution and by our founding [white] fathers. So, from the beginning the idea that we as a country are told that we believe that we are all created equal is not true. A significant percent of our population has not been treated as equal and this is still happening, sadly.
It is my hope that our country will choose to reject racism and white priviledge, while moving toward racial and economic equality for everyone. If this happens we might then be able to call our country great.