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That's not the reason he said stay away. As a matter of fact I can't find where he said what you claim at all. I do see where he spoke about a Rasmussen poll in which 47% of the black people polled said they agreed with or were unsure about the statement, "It's ok to be white."

What Mr. Adams said exactly was...

"Rasmussen [Reports] had a provocative little poll today. They said “Do you agree or disagree with the statement ‘It’s okay to be white’? That was an actual question..."

26% of blacks said “No — it’s not okay to be white.” 21% weren’t sure. Add ‘em together, and that’s 47% of black respondents were not willing to say “It’s okay to be white.” That’s a real poll. This just happened. Did you have any idea? [Laughs.] Would you have imagined that that could have happened?"

"So, as you know, I’ve been identifying as black for a while — years now — because I like to be on the winning team. And I like to help. I always thought, ‘Well, if you help the black community […] that’s sort of the hardest thing [with] the biggest benefit, so I’d like to focus a lot of my life resources in helping black Americans — so much so that I started identifying as black to just be on the team I was helping. But it turns out that nearly half of that team doesn’t think I’m okay to be white[…]"

"I have to say, this is the first political poll that ever changed my activities[…] As of today, I’m going to re-identify as being white, because I don’t want to be a member of a hate group. I’ve accidentally joined a hate group. If nearly half of all blacks are not okay with white people — according to this poll, not according to me — that’s a hate group. And I don’t want to have anything to do with them."

"And I would say, based on the current way things are going: the best advice I would give to white people is to get the hell away from black people. Just get the fuck away. Wherever you have to go, just get away. Because there’s no fixing this. This can’t be fixed. You just have to escape."

"So that’s what I did. I went to a neighborhood [with] a very low black population. Because, unfortunately, there’s a high correlation between the density [doesn’t finish sentence] — and this is according to Don Lemon, by the way. Here, I’m just quoting Don Lemon, when he notes that when he lived in a mostly-black neighborhood, there were a bunch of problems that he didn’t see in white neighborhoods. So even Don Lemon sees a big difference in your own quality of living based on where you live and who’s there. So I think it makes no sense whatsoever as a white citizen of America to try to help black citizens anymore. It’s no longer a rational impulse."

"So I’m going to back off from being helpful to Black America because it doesn’t seem like it pays off. I’ve been doing it all my life, and the only outcome is, I get called a racist. [Laughs.] It makes no sense to help black Americans if you’re white. It’s over. Don’t even think it’s worth trying. Now, we should be friendly — I’m not saying start a war or do anything bad, nothing like that — I’m just saying: get away."

"And here’s my take on all of it: everybody who focuses their priority on education does well. If anybody in the black community focuses on education, they’ll [also] do well. If they don’t, I can’t make that my problem anymore. It just can’t be my problem. It can’t be my problem if the solution is so clear and so available [yet] people don’t want to take it. It’s just not my problem anymore. So I resign. I resign from the hate group called “black Americans.” According to the Rasmussen poll, 46% of them [sic] don’t think white people are okay — just being white."

"The most helpful thing I can do is to say “I’m not going to help.” Do you understand that? Continuing to help in that sort of classic “Oh, let me help you, give you a lift up, give you a hand, mentor you, hire you, prefer you” — I’m going to stop all of that. I’m done with all of that. It didn’t work. The only thing that will work is to say “You’ve got to fix your own problem. You know how to do it. Everybody else figured it out. I’m not going to speculate [on] why you’re not doing it or [on] why there’s a difference. I’m just going to say: it’s available to everybody. Just pick it up. It’s free money — focus on education and you could have a good life too.” Those who don’t want to focus on education, you just need to get away from them, just get as much distance as you can. That’s my recommendation."

"I’m also really sick of seeing video after video of black Americans beating up non-black citizens. I realize it’s anecdotal, and it doesn’t give me a full picture of what’s happening, but every damn day I look on social media and there’s some black person beating the shit out of some white person. I’m kind of over it. So I quit. And it feels good not to be in a racist hate group anymore. I’m now independent — not a member of any group. I do not align with any group: not the white supremacists, and not the black racists."

So it seems it may be a "cultural thing" as others claim. However it's simpler to claim he dislikes someone with more melanin in their skin. That way we don't have to listen and really think about what was said and have true discourse. To be rational, thinking men.