You're right on this - and originally it was true. There was a time when white intellectuals stood with powerless blacks to undo some horrible 'jim crow' wrongs. Those people were impressive. However, the mob of whites who wanted to jump on that bandwagon are NOT the same types that originally stood alone. In fact the current bunch has much more in common with the the 'old racists group think' that ran the South in the 50's and early sixties. There are people who choose to stand with the powerful - no matter right or wrong. And it's happening again - this time the 'wrong' are 'liberals'...
Remember Nancy Pelosi and her huge gavel marching by the Tea Party people as is she were leading the march on Selma. LOL