He was a black person promoted to a position of prestige over white people, possibly motivated by an inclusion policy, it's catnip to the gutter press and it's a story tailor made to go viral in this day and age with the story amplified by places like twatter and farcebook.

It's a textbook example of inherent racial bias in the system where even the slightest mistake by a person of colour, or a woman, or a disabled person is leapt upon but the countless examples of white men doing the same thing are glossed over, ignored and pass by without comment.