Boris Kodjoe : Interview of black prof explains how blacks are typecast . Boris Kodjoe says deliverymen often think he 's hired staff at his restaurant . ` ` If it can happen to him , yeah , it can happen to any of us , '' scholar says . Cultural critic says it was shocking ` ` to see one of my heroes in a mugshot ''
Boris Kodjoe : Arrest of Harvard prof underscores how blacks are typecast . Actor Kodjoe says deliverymen often think he 's hired staff at his house . `` If it can happen to him , yeah , it can happen to any of us , '' scholar says . Cultural commentator says it was shocking `` to see one of my heroes in a mugshot ''