You are right! I say we should all just throw up our hands, and say, “ok, we give up. If you want to think we’re all racist, then we’ll just have to agree to disagree. Now let’s move on to other issues as we’re no longer entertaining this nonsense.”
You think that’ll stop this?
An acknowlegement of guilt (even a false one provided only to get the issue off the table) will be taken as a responsibility to provide recompense.