If he doesn't go wobbly and walk it back, he will have earned the utmost respect.
according to the text he now seems to be on both sides of this. not great to upset both sides, i’d say.
A white American can not say such things. Ramaswamy, as a minority in US can say bluntly what he thinks about reparations, Kwanza, Juneteenth, lack of father figure in majority of African-American society, Welfare queens, or any other taboo subject.