No, they were not. Maybe replacing 'white' with other races will help you to gain some perspective: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DjnUykIUUAAifwH.jpg:large
(That is, putting the tweets into a different context doesn't demonstrate anything about what was meant when they were twote.)
(That is, putting the tweets into a different context doesn't demonstrate anything about what was meant when they were twote.)