Very few people, of every color, think of “riots” as a good thing, in any society.
But stick a mic on the most obscure, violent and obnoxious anarchists, and suddenly the entertainment media has “a story” they can follow 24/7 for months and even years!
It also explains the whole Kardashian phenomenon.
The vast majority of normal people are just too uninteresting for what passes for the "news".
You must not have heard about WW2.