Let's not kid ourselves, there's going to be a backlash if they do anything. Look at the outrage immature, self-centered users respond with to basically innocuous comments. There may be a question of whether that outrage will be "worth it" to the admins; I certainly hope they'd feel that not having their site used as a recruiting grounds for the worst kinds of bigotry would be its own reward, but who knows? Personally, if this site can only stay afloat by pandering to racists' dollars, I think it probably deserves to sink. Realistically, that doesn't seem likely.

The admins don't have the best track record with sensitive issues. Given the changes in staffing, it's possible that the new team includes people who are better equipped to handle these kinds of things. I hope so? I do hope their "taking things slowly" includes seeking out experts whose qualifications go a bit further than PhD in Internet Scholarship from 4chan University.