No, that statement wasn’t the rayciss part.
This one was racist: “but i think southern whites simply were not comfortable being in an arena or at a bar where they were in the minority.”
I as a “Northern” [Western} “white” would not be comfortable is such surroundings...nor anywhere near them ...
Its not racist. It is true. However, an argument could be made that it shows sectional bias when he knows full well other sections of the country are the same when it comes to a white person wading into a crowd of blacks.