I once worked at a state university as a statistician. The Director of Minority Affairs asked me to tell her the drop-out rate of Black freshmen. I did the study. She came to my office a few days later to get the results.
I told her that Black freshmen dropped out at a higher rate than white students. She called me a racist.
I said “ma’am, I am just telling you the results of the study YOU requested. These are the numbers.” The more I simply pointed at the numbers on the paper, the louder she got until she was yelling “You’re a racist!!”.
So, how did your little contretemps turn out?