Neither? I'm saying it's impossible to ignore race when your race affects your life every day. That's the reality and you saying "everyone should just ignore race" is as about as empty as saying "why don't poor people just stop being poor?"
Try using some empathy for once.
The unfortunate part about that is that it won't change the storm surge much if the weakening is relatively last minute. Once a storm maxes out and displaces all that water, the surge doesn't reduce as quickly as the winds do.
Looks like Milton will weaken considerably as it approaches land as it encounters dry air in the midlevels over the eastern Gulf and Florida. Hopefully that reduces its impacts.