Woke notions that the races are different and White society benefits Whites at the expense of non-Whites arguably are more aligned with accepting the evidence of racial differences than the "colorblind" society of the 90s was.

This is why I wonder what he expected would happen, because it's entirely predictable that if you tell a certain group they are less well suited to a society whose rules are largely determined by another group, the disadvantaged group would demand some accommodation.

Did he expect that reaction? Probably not, but he had to expect that society wouldn't ever be the same after he threw that particular grenade into the crowd.