Old Soul, I find no humor here.   It's turned in to a tragedy for many involved and the UO.
A "modern day Law School Lynching?"  Lynching, like blackface, is a loaded racial term- look over these photos, and you'll see why black folks tend to take this history  seriously....and are then accused of being "overly  sensitive."    There are two sides to  this  blackface story.
Personally I felt this was a reasonably balanced editorial, and I think it's time to start healing the wounds. I hope the professor is back in the classroom January 9th, sadder but wiser.
http://withoutsanctuary.org/main.html  
www.gettyimages.com/photos/lynching