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This is the whole "dammed if you do, dammed if you don't".

Situation: Crack use climbs in black communities leading to major social problems.

Option A: Create tough laws to stop crack use. WRONG, YOU ARE RACIST (for singling out the black community).

Option B: Don't create tough laws. WRONG, YOU ARE RACIST (for not caring about the black community).

There are options other than "tough laws" for helping communities struggling with high rates of addiction.

Your breakdown of this situation makes it sound like you think it doesn't matter what you do, because someone will call you a racist no matter what. In other words, that accusations of racism are totally arbitrary. That's not true.

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