Don Lemon is a pawn and a propagandist. It isn't really his fault, other than he is willing to take the thirty pieces of silver. If he doesn't, someone else will. White folks are no different.
I remember when he had a conversation with. . . It think it was Morgan Freeman, he admitted he got tired of having to "play his role," and harp on this shit day in and day out.
IT IS HIS BOSS, and the financial powers above him that tell him what he has to do and how to spin stories. He HAS to do this in order to keep his job and make bank. If he doesn't, he knows they will can his ass and hire some other token black man to do the same thing.