What the Sam Hill does skin color have to do with this?
It depends. If it was black-on-black, just another story. If it was black-on-white, it will be shot into the memory hole with a quickness. If it was white-on-black, it will become a national headline story and the revruns will come out of the woodwork to denounce rayciss whites and demand reparations and march for “no justice no peace”. That’s what race has to do with it.