It's pretty clear to me that he was. We say things like that (and worse) all the time here.
It's a statement designed to draw attention to the fact that the question of who owes whom isn't as simplistic as the mainstream reparations crowd would have it. That's why we often respond with "Hey, where's my reparations for X?" We don't really want it, but it's a way of letting the pro-rep folks know that the road they're travelling won't lead to where they want it to go.
I think that his actions prove that this person is for real. He's literally walking the walk.