re: Did Boyer just say something to the effect of

It wasn't racist. It was quite the opposite. I'm just surprised he decided to go there.

He basically said that his accomplishment and recognition that night are attributable to his being a white American male, as opposed to the other guys in the room who didn't have what he had (because they are black.)

Again, he was very nervous and rambling a bit, but that was the gist of his point. That white American males are more privileged than those African American males in the room who were being recognized. He was using that point, in essence, to modestly accept his award.