This is what he wrote:
While many may silently harbor racial bigotry, the adverse economic consequences for whites are real and palpable.
Why did you insert the word where it wasn't?
Here is the full segment from the article: “While many may silently harbor racial bigotry, the adverse economic consequences for whites are real and palpable.”
Here’s what I posted: While many [whites] may silently harbor racial bigotry...
Either way I take the meaning the same, and I don’t agree with what he wrote.