First, defining the nature of Ms. Shurtz’s transgression is important.  She portrayed Dr. Tweedy to honor him and to promote others reading his biography.  She was not mocking him or denigrating him.  She had no malicious intent.  No one has claimed her ‘blackface’ was the manifestation of her “personal” racism.  Her Curriculum Vitae and accounts from former students support that she’s an outstanding professor and an extremely decent person; the antithesis of the David Duke some seem to present her as.