H3h3 are streaming their podcast right now on this issue and their response is pretty much how I thought it would look like:
"We're disappointed, but he's not racist. He hasn't beaten up a black person, so his actions are not really racist ... Is this an issue that mostly white people are raving about? ...
Developers that are distancing themselves from PDP are evil and just seek revenge..."
https://www.twitch.tv/h3h3productions