Why should the general public sympathize less with black people?
http://www.slate.com/articles/health...her_races.html
Given the racial empathy gap in America, isn't it time for people to sympathize more.
I don't think this is making people sympathize less with black people, since sympathy for black is still low. Blacks are heavily marginalized already, but people are mobilizing but not with rioting ala Rodney King but with political action within the system. A lot of individuals have always feared minorities entering the system and voting which is why the poll tax and now the voter ID laws get so much legal legwork to enact. But that can be overcome with education, elbow grease and a lot of legwork, not every battle will be won, but there's still a lot of people fighting for equality out there.
You want more apathy, more ignoring, more marginalizing, that's what you want. But people will have something to say about that. I'm much more active today then I've ever been, maybe I'm the only one, but it doesn't look like it.