NPR, and all the old media are now competing with BuzzFeed etc for clicks. These sites do not hire trained journalist or even writers. What you get even from NPR etc is republish of blog posts someone wrote while eating breakfast with little or no editorial oversight. Its mostly clickbait trash.
And for those who downvoted this there is a very simple test you can do to reveal racism that you may have grown desensitized to. Simply replace the race with another/white and read it back.
"A Moment of Silence for the White and Yellow Talent That Grew on Vine."