Treating a group of people as inferior (implementing quotas, enacting "hate crime" laws, etc.) has the effect of making that group feel inferior, which leads to real inferiority.
Wonder how the writer feels about Detroit electing a white mayor?
From my personal experiences in Detroit, I feel like the people aren’t nearly as racist as their leadership. After all it was political leadership in Detroit that kept Duggan off the ballot. It was political leadership that tried to strip him of votes when he won the primary as a write in and he won the general election by nearly 10%.
Break the instinct to follow and things will change.