Are you up to speed on the flap over Professor Henry Louis Gates’ arrest for disorderly behavior and complaints of racism: I don’t blame you if you aren’t, but I found this bit of the story too fascinating to pass up. The WSJ observes:

Gates, however, has managed to get tripped up by his own prejudices. Another Gates quote we noted yesterday was this: “If [Crowley] apologizes sincerely, I am willing to forgive him. And if he admits his error, I am willing to educate him about the history of racism in America and the issue of racial profiling. . . . That’s what I do for a living.”

As it turns out, that’s what Crowley does for a living. The Boston Herald explains: Crowley . . . has taught a racial profiling class at the Lowell Police Academy for five years. His academy class, which he teaches with a black police officer, instructs about 60 police cadets per year . . .