... Could it possibly be that they were conditioned that way by the media in the West that "we are all the same, everywhere, and you're a racist if you think otherwise" mentality because of all of the junk they watch on TV that pushes that narrative? ...
The answer is a resounding "YES!" Although it is not only television where the mind-bending occurs, TV is the primary mode of transmission.
No matter the means of transmission, no matter the individual(s) or group(s) pushing the egalitarian cult's dogma, the plain, obvious fact is that the message is false and very, very flawed. Yet despite the obvious fraud that the whole "equality" charade is, no matter how dangerous and destructive, most people simply cannot shed the brainwashing and the drive to conform. If the media masters declared that walking around with your thumb up your ass is the new "hip" norm that "everyone is doing," the major blue jeans manufacturers would race to created a special "thumb hatch" for ideal access, so you wouldn't have to stick your entire fist down the back of your pants. Colin Cowherd would smear the minority of non-participants as "afraid of progress and change." Hillary would have a special thumb policy. National Review, Red State, and Free Republic would ban anti-"thumbing" comments and posters.
Race-denial is as valid as gravity-denial. But humans, especially the white ones, are susceptible to an internal design flaw that causes too many of them to conform. If they were automobiles we could recall them and replace their faulty wiring.