Some facts are demeaning....Blacks are 12.9% of the population but committ 40+% of crimes is demeaning and probably why many don't want to be identified.
47% of the residents of Detroit and New Orleans cannot read or write. Is this demeaning?
The accusation of “racism” goes hand in hand with Political Correctness, the silencing of truth telling with the goal of “Cultural Marxism”, the original name for PC.