Unfortunately you are correct. The color of the victims and perps does matter due to race hustlers and their supporters.
The hypocrisy of this knee jerk reaction by some to always see race is:
1) If the color of the perps was white. It would immediately be classified as a racial event.
2) If the color of perps was black, then you are racist for assuming it was a hate crime.
That constant reliance on the ‘race card’ perplexes most folks and halts most meaningful discussions on race. JMHO.
Tell you one thing though — you can tell that little girl it had nothing to do with race. You might even get her to agree with you. But she’ll never trust blacks deep down. And so it continues.