I used to have a lawyer friend who was at the top of his class in bashing the "privileged" class. He hated the "bourgeoisie" and claimed to be a man of the "proletariat". Unfortunately, his claim to the proletariat was a thin veneer.
As children growing up in a house where poverty reigned, but not supreme, we were raised with what seems to be considered by today's standards, an unbelievable dose of morality and ethics.
I bet if the situation was reversed, and they were ‘Jewish' students, especially the ones wearing yarmulkas (head-coverings) who rioted, the lead stories would have been quite different.