Will Smith said in 2016. I believe it is the case. Being white I can not and not having been to the US this year I can not judge what recent developments are like. Living in DTLA, Santa Monica, Venice, Hollywood Hills and Malibu did probably not present me with a representative experience of the country, state or even city.
Still: If we are in a crisis right now, then we are in one that is amplified, if not entirely created, by our changed habits of media consumption.
Phones generate outrage. What triggers will get amplified. Things as simple as the body posture while consuming information might have an impact: Skimming over the vast surface of a 0.7 by 0.6 meter newspaper your arms are open, your chest breathes freely. On a phone your shoulder are slumped, your head is bent forward.
It has been suggested that body posture influences our cognitive system. I personally can see this. This is not the only reason we are in the state that we are in. 70 inch phones are not a solution either.