Don’t ever think the media doesn’t know what is happening; often they are the cause of it.
The first black person elected by popular vote to the Senate just died; he was a Republican from Massachusetts. In our news coverage, they didn’t mention his party, and showed a picture of him with Joe Biden (no pics with Republicans).
The media has created much of this racial division, and draws viewers any time there is a racially charged story (regardless of the colors of perps and victims).