"Protection For gangs, clubs, and nations Causing grief in human relations It's a turf war on a global scale I'd rather hear both sides of the tale See, it's not about races Just places, faces Where your blood comes from Is were your space is I've seen the bright get duller I'm not going to spend my life being a color Don't tell me you agree with me When I saw you kicking dirt in my eye But, if you're thinkin' about my baby It don't matter if you're black or white I said if you're thinkin' of being my baby It don't matter if you're black or white I said if you're thinkin' of being my brother It don't matter if you're black or white"

• Michael Jackson lyrics

The people in prison in the music video you're talking about are all colors not just black. Michael Jackson was not trying to stoke racial tension, he tried to diffuse it