UO law professor issues statement: 'My decision to wear black makeup was wrong'

"During a Halloween party I hosted at my house, I wore a costume inspired by a book I highly admire, Dr. Damon Tweedy’s memoir, 'Black Man in a White Coat,' " Nancy Shurtz, B.A. Kliks Professor at the University of Oregon School of Law, said Friday in a written statement issued via a local public relations agency. (SBG photo)