"Oregon's racist past" is not a sacred cow it is a dead cow.  There is nothing anyone can do about the past which is why the productive people do not dwell on it.  People today are not responsible for the actions of people from long ago.  Wise and intelligent people focus on actions that actually hurt a person as in damage body, possessions, career, etc.  Black make-up does none of those.  Yet to fire Shurtz hurts her profoundly.  To publicly denounce her has likely hurt her to the core.  Those who put PC over the real impact to a person are not good people.  They are hypocrites blind to the adverse effects of their own actions.  As far as donations, the permanent endowment fund I created at the U of O foundation has over $100,000. in it.   Needless to say, I no longer contribute.