The journalistic Black and White divide?

So I'm watching CNN a few days ago and, the anchor previews an upcoming segment called "Blacks in America part 2, how the recession is affecting them". After that, they go on to a lengthy segment about how Blacks and Whites (CNN's wording, not mine) felt their children would fare when they grow up.

In a world where we are all meant to be getting along, where the lynchings and unfair trials of minorities are in the past, where the KKK is simply not tolerated, why is it that a major news channel (and others I might add) are seemingly trying to create that divide once more? Why must it be black and white? Why not pose the question of how the Recession is affecting men and women?

To me, this kind of journalism is just not necessary........thoughts would be good.

Cheers.