You live in that area. The chances are about 90% of the white people in that eatery were proper NYC liberals who voted for De Blasio. From your own experience, what do NYC white libs really feel about all the lawlessness from black people in the area? Do they approve of the demonstrations, or do they just nod when the black fascists disrupt things and mutter otherwise under their breath?
I’d imagine they do the latter, because these are the same whites that will do anything to keep blacks out of their neighborhoods.
I was born in Brooklyn and lived there, or in Manhattan, until I was 30. I left for good in 1980.
I would say that most NYC libs have serious denial problems re: blacks in their environment. First, you should know that blacks tend to keep to themselves (above 110th Street in Manhattan, and in Crown Heights/Bed-Stuy/East NY in Brooklyn) and only are street predators after dark. So, daytime in Midtown, or downtown, or White Brooklyn, or even in the parks is remarkably monocultural. Secondly, rich whites (and their population in NYC has exploded) invest enormous sums of money, as well as time and effort, keeping away from blacks (and keeping blacks away from themselves). After Rudy sent 20 000 habitual criminals up the river, NYC became the safest large city in America, and you could have a seriously white life there (until now).
So, to answer your question about what they think, they say one thing and act differently. The whole life of a midtown white high-rise inhabitant is designed around staying away from blacks while denying any intention of doing so.
This invasion of Sunday brunch may have far-ranging consequences for this pattern of denial. We'll see if #BlackBrunch shows up at Zabar's next week.