Sorry but it is you that is playing their game. By embracing the word you give power to it. The power that is keeping the right constantly on their heels. The power that manipulates the right to jump when they say jump. This crap has been going on since day one with the Tea Party. We are still dancing to their tune and look how much time, energy, waste and backing up goes into it. A word BTW that has no real meaning except evil white guy. By owning the word it loses all its power. Ever notice the left pays no mind whatsoever to being labeled as such? Ever noticed in spite of race and race issues there are hundreds/thousands of race groups, laws and policies? How can that be? Only because the whole race game has but one purpose and it is working as intended because the right in general and whites specifically continue to play the game.
Wrong!
By correctly labeling the left as racists, we are playing their game?
Wrong!
The word 'racist' does mean something. That's why it has power. The left are terrified that we might correctly ascribe to them, so they continually bombard us with it in a classic display of projection.
Do not be afraid to use the word immediately and without compunction on race-baiters. Anyone who calls you a racist for no reason is a racist. They are using race in a toxic and hateful way. That's racism..
Rebuke them, accuse them, shove their hateful race-baiting up their asses.
But for the love of all that is good: do NOT demurely accept without protesting whatever name the left gives you. That is very close to being cooperation with evil.