Oakleaf, while this isn't the equivalent of African American equality for Whites, you might be interested in reading Carter's models of racial identity. He has one for African Americans, but he also has a White identity model. This isn't White identity as in "White Power," stuff, but more a model that allows White people to actually see themselves as White, the privilege it brings, and how your level of racial identity allows you to interact with African Americans or other visible minorities. It's very interesting, though a bit dense.
Basically, a lot of Whites think that "race doesn't matter," and that "people are people," which Carter calls Pre-Encounter and is the lowest level of racial identity.