yes because being the butt of racial jokes from a so-called respected member of your faculty -  a person in a power position, likely having the ability to affect one's life- when one is already constantly beleaguered by racial animus inside and outside that enclave is no big deal.  If its not, then I assume there wont be any more whining on these sites from the privileged class about being described as racists.  We should all just get over it, 'act like adults and move on'-odd definition of 'adult' btw. Do you have a clue how humiliating such a comment might be for that young person? Sessions talked recently about how humiliated he was by his boss and a former colleague pointed out that he should remember that feeling because that's how black people have felt with his treatment them.  I make the same point to you and others making snowflake comments; the next time you experience humiliation/is robbed of your dignity, remind yourself that's how being butt or racial jokes feel.