the subverted education system has been drumming into white people's heads for 60 years that being perceived as "racist (against blacks specifically)" is the absolutely worst thing a white person can do

so every white person is supposed to cower and sputter at the mere hint of an accusation of racism, and society is supposed to ostracize the accused

it is very difficult conditioning to break and almost no white person with a public presence who doesn't already have fuck you money can meaningfully fight back