Because it waters down real racism. It further puts off any more conservative person that would benefit from being made aware of actual racist attitudes and only cements their attitude that liberals are living in an overly PC bubble.
Its not funny either, but looking beyond the attempted humour, the main point is that it further muddies the water of what real racism sounds like. These examples are at the most about being 'insensitive', or putting your foot in your mouth, not racist.
1. So one woman commenting about liking another women's hair and putting out her hand to touch, something I'm sure goes on in many offices all over the country, is racist if the woman wanting to touch is white and the other black? The actor is very aggressive about it which is rude but that could happen to any two women. Some women, and men, are just brash. The only thing I can guess is that there is an assumption that the white woman must be really thinking " Ewwww a black woman. But I'd better force myself to be friendly, and even, eww, touch her hair, just so she doesn't think of what I really think about her!" That is a huge assumption. And frankly paranoid and means that one must always assume that any compliment from a white person must be disingenuous. To me that only stokes racism.
2. This one was even more puzzling. That situation will happen no matter what races each of them are. She feels guilty that she got a bigger raise. But does she know for a fact that its because she is white and that her boss hates Asians? The viewer is supposed to assume this. I guess that could happen but this is supposed to represent some kind of common occurrence. So if the races were reversed, would it still be racism? Or...just plain "feeling guilty".
3. Putting aside the over-acting for dramatic effect, Yes its insensitive to assume another's birth place based on how they look (or how you think they look). But as is the case above, there was no intent to demean. In fact the purpose was to connect with a fellow worker of color. I am Canadian, but I have, more than once been taken as American when I've traveled to Europe, or Mexico. One British person apologized profusely for his "mistake". I assured him that it was fine. Why would I be offended? Sure there is an initial inner voice that goes "Hey!!!..." but why would one not understand almost immediately that the other person had no ill intent?
4. Okay, this one is borderline racism. But I'd still consider that behaviour extremely ignorant though more than anything. A white person saying to a black person how they "get" BLM, or repeating "all lives matter!" And basically saying it like he knows it all. But again, even though he is the height of insensitivity and ignorance, he is at least engaging, or trying to, on the topic with a person of color. There's an opportunity for the black person to educate (it doesn't have to be a choice of either silence or an explosion)
I think this kind of perhaps well intentioned video, only exacerbates the problem. It stokes those of color to always assume the worst of any intention of a white person. It pushes a false narrative that dumb, insensitive behaviour is the same thing as bald faced racism. Like "Mexicans are rapists" or conniving to make sure no black person rents in your building. Or changing voter ID laws to favour the white Republican voter, and reducing voting hours in minority districts. Many other examples of true racism. This video does more harm than good IMO because it blows up a real problem to include weak paranoid assumptions of racism and makes everyone walk on pins and needles and afraid to say ANYTHING. This kind of dumb incendiary crap is what Trump and Faux News feeds on to paint liberals as "fragile" and bound in overly PC paralisis.
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