There's a simmering issue underlying this that in only a matter of time will surface in a court battle: if racist attitudes are common in the general population

There's a simmering issue underlying this that in only a matter of time will surface in a court battle: if racist attitudes are common in the general population, does making a story out of it (presuming there is no related court filing about illegal discrimination or anything similar) violate a person's "non-notability" status?