When it is covered, the race of the perpetrator is often not cited because the incidences are so lopsided, so dispropotionate, that noting this would force even the most committed white guilter to think to himself, "What the heck is going on with black people in this country?"
A group of five "teens" beating up some old guy, or an effeminate gay couple, or a little Asian man, or a handicapped woman in a wheelchair, you can be safe betting just about everytime the race of the perps. Oh, and it will often be accompanied by laughter and subsequent blows to the face of the unconscious person, jumping on the person's neck, and another speciality: ripping the pants or all the clothes off the victim. Really. Google these situations and pull up some cases. Then Google things like home invasions with aggravating factors, like torture. And then murders in which the victim was lit on fire while still alive.
No, no, if we want to "get real" about race and crime in this country, let's truly "get real." Let's look at the numbahs. Let's also start talking about the implications of 70% illegitimacy rates and to which sort of men (and women) many/most of that 70% is born. Answer: a whole lot of dudes with zero impulse control, intelligence quotients on the low end of the spectrum, and generations of drug addiction within the family, indeed with many of them born to addicted mothers. What do you think the implications are when communities go through decades and decades of women having kids with these men?