I guess I think that there is some utility in policy arguments of the form "we shouldn't do this action because it would be extremely unpopular among [some kind of collectivity] and might provoke blowback". 1/

If we say all blowback is mere racism, that would amount to conceding veto power to racists, which would render arguments of that form illegitimate. But because I don't think blowback is entirely reducible to racism, arguments of that form remain colorable to me. /fin