This story shouldn't be only about one person who did something either stupid or racist -- it should be about the fact that in her community, our community, she thought it would be okay to go out in public in blackface. The focus should be about the institutional racism that gets masked (no pun intended) by individual actions being called out. Context matters -- she teaches in a professional school with a dearth of African American professors - perhaps if she worked among a more diverse faculty, the absurdity of her intention would have been apparent to her.  I hope the RG will spend future articles investigating the depth of the issue that the lack of diversity creates at UO and less time acting surprised that individuals act, and others tolerate, such offensive behavior....