The racial component is the fact they only interviewed him to satisfy the Rooney Rule and instead of being straight up and saying hey, we already wanna hire this other guy so this interview is a sham, they let him believe he had a chance when their decision was already made. He just so happened to find out about it and have some actual proof to show that the organizations just do what they need to to satisfy the rule. This is something Black coaches have talked about for years.