Whether or not this Kent person is, or is not, a good person is wholly irrelevant. He should go.
Before he opened his mouth his whiteness made him incompetent at his job, and for that, he should be fired.
His whole perspective naturally drifts toward individualism, and he identifies as white. He's completely unable to see how racism is interwoven into our society, and at no point can he adequately address any of these issues. Does that sound like someone qualified to preside over this situation? He can't understand it on any level.
His whole norm is a sense of "belonging" to this society, and that's been instilled in every institution, every text book, and TV show he's watched - as a result, he's simply not equipped to see the other perspective whether he wants to or not (and he likely thinks he can - that's white arrogance). His privilege is his undoing - that, and that alone, doesn't allow him to process the perspectives of POC. I suppose it's not his fault, it's just inherent in who he is obviously.
So, fire him! Or give him free pizza! Either one works for me!