You’re the one trying to put a different meaning on the word eradicate in the context that he used it.
“We need to eradicate racism by stopping the use of harmful stereotypes” is not the same as “we need to kill all racist people”. Can you see the difference?
If you’re splitting hairs about what “eradicate” means, it says a lot about what you’re happy to defend.
And why.
You’re the one trying to put a different meaning on the word eradicate in the context that he used it.
“We need to eradicate racism by stopping the use of harmful stereotypes” is not the same as “we need to kill all racist people”. Can you see the difference?
Probably not.