I recall CS221 (Intro to AI) at Stanford was a little less than half asian, half white and the rest other.

Maybe the correlation is economic? This phrase caught my eye:

NYT> "...this could result in more surveillance in traditionally poorer, nonwhite neighborhoods, while wealthy, whiter neighborhoods are scrutinized even less"

replace that with:

"...this could result in more surveillance in traditionally poorer neighborhoods, while wealthy neighborhoods are scrutinized even less"