A "teachable moment?" Of what lesson?

Cambridge police: Race not mentioned in 911 call By BOB SALSBERG, Associated Press Writer BOSTON – The 911 caller who reported a possible break-in at the home of black Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. did not mention race in the call,...she saw two men on Gates' front porch who appeared to be trying to force open the front door....Whalen — who has not spoken publicly — said she only saw the backs of the two men and did not know their race when she made the call....wanted to correct "misinformation" suggesting that she placed the call because the men on the porch were black....Whalen, after questioning by the dispatcher during the 911 call, speculated that one of the men — who turned out to be Gates and a black car service driver — may have been Hispanic."It was very clear that she wasn't sure what the men's race was,"...
Supporters of Gates called his arrest by Sgt. James Crowley an outrageous act of racial profiling.
The disorderly conduct charge was dropped,****after Gates' lawyer called the commissioner, probably with word that Gates had friends in high places**** but interest in the case intensified when President Barack Obama said at a White House news conference that Cambridge police "acted stupidly" in arresting Gates....He spoke to Crowley and Gates during separate telephone calls Friday and declared that Crowley was a good man.The president invited the officer and the professor to the White House for a beer. He conceded his words had been ill-chosen, but he stopped short of a public apology.
Gates said he hoped his arrest would lead to a greater understanding about racial profiling in America. ****How about a greater understanding of false charges of both racism and racial profiling and of the non-objectivity of a president supposed to tamp down racial issues?****