There is more too it then just 'White people seeing black people rioting on TV'. There is a message to this protest and the riots are an extension of that message.

Remember it wasn't the media that made this a Black vs White issue, it was the protestor that did that. The whole thing started because a black criminal was killed in police custody. 99.999% of the people in the protest were not there when Freddie Gray was arrested and have just as much context as to what happened as the rest of us. The protests occurred because many of the people in the protest believe what happened to him is part of systemic issue of racism against black people. The whole #blacklivesmatter is what is being expressed by the protestors. The issue to them is 'black' people against 'white' institutions. A few bad protestors make black people look bad and a few bad cops illuminate unspoken racial hatred within white society.

The riots are an extension of that, the message is that black people cannot count on white society to see that justice is served fairly and they are taking matters into their own hands. I am not saying that they are wrong, mind you, but I am saying that it was the protestors that made this a race issue.

It is entirely appropriate then for the internet to start discussing issues of race in the light of these events. Why does it automatically become racism when the other side of the debate is brought forward? There is a lot of stupid racist people who are going to chime in, sure, but not everyone who remains skeptical is a racist. But the subject should be talked about, openly, and hopefully rationally without every discussion devolving into accusations of implicit racism. That is the best possible outcome of the protests.