One of the aspects of our racist heritage is the idea that white people are individuals, and the rest of us are just groups of "others". White people are shocked when their individual behavior is associated with collective behavior and collective responsibility. We will make progress as a society when we all can assume to be treated as an individual. Among other things that need to change is racial profiling. By definition, that makes minorities suspects for merely being present, no action is required to be a suspect. Believe it or not, us "others" resent being categorized as much as white people.  We could make progress toward a merit based society if we outlaw racial profiling as unconstitutional. It makes the concept of "innocent until proven guilty" just another white privilege. In the mean time, the UO is right to try to eliminate institutional racism. All employees have to represent the organization in a positive light. White folks in black face do damage to that image.