According to this site, there are only nine (9) black students at the U of O Law School.  I can see why they would tire of questions from very many of the other 357 law students or 67 faculty, much less the rest of the University of Oregon.

Of course, with 16% of the Law School faculty being part of a minority, a few of them ought to have a clue.  

And "The faculty of University of Oregon School of Law is 53% women, one of the highest percentages of female faculty across all law schools (average: 41%)." 

So gender bias ought to be understood by some of the faculty as well and give some insight.  

http://law-schools.startclass.com/l/124/University-of-Oregon