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Was It an Issue of Racial Profiling? - More than 75 officers were dispatched and six students arrested at a University of Southern California graduation party that was largely attended by Black and Latino students. As the incident has broached debate about racism against minority students, BET.com takes a closer look at how the issue has unfolded at the university in recent years. — Britt Middleton (Photo: David McNew/Getty Images)

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Beyond Reason - “When there are 79 police officers who are dispatched to shut down a student party where was no violence, it demonstrates a level of overreaction that is beyond reason,” Lamar Gary, the president of USC's Black Student Assembly, told BET.com's Jonathan Hicks. (Photo: Courtesy of Lamar Gary Via Youtube)

Photo By Courtesy of Lamar Gary Via Youtube

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No Protection - Partygoers allegedly threw items at an officer who attempted to issue a noise complaint citation and students reportedly captured cell phone videos of police reacting violently. The same night, a party largely attended by white students across the street was also told by police to shut down, but no further action was taken, Gary said. (Photo: Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)

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Fear Factor - Following the incident, blogger Makiah Green, a USC senior, wrote of the terror she experienced as she heard the situation unfold from her dorm room about a mile outside campus. "I was too scared to go outside, legitimately fearing that an officer would see me and arrest me for being Black and inquisitive, she wrote. (Photo: Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)

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USC at a Glance - USC, a private institution, boasts a population of 40,000 students, with just 5 percent who are Black, compared to 39 percent white, 23 percent Asian and 14 percent Latino. With its world-renowned research facilities and yearly undergrad tuition of $43,722, the university has gained a reputation for attracting a more affluent student body in recent years. (Photo: David McNew/Getty Images)

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Past Trouble - The school's location in the largely Black and Latino community of South Los Angeles (formerly known as South Central), with its past of gun violence and gang activity made infamous in movies such as Menace II Society and Boyz n the Hood, has reinforced its reputation as a beacon of wealth and promise nestled in a still-struggling, low-income community. (Photo: David McNew/Getty Images)

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Violence Breaks Out - Recent violence on or near campus has led school officials to strengthen security significantly in recent months. In January, USC unveiled a new evening lockdown policy on campus, restricting entrance ways, beefing up security and increasing ID checkpoints after four people were shot on-campus in October 2012. Earlier that year, two graduate students were killed following a robbery attempt less than a mile from campus. (Photo: David McNew/Getty Images)

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Racism on Campus - Racial tensions again flared on campus in February, when a Facebook event for a Mexican-themed party thrown by the Pi Kappa Phi fraternity reportedly promised a night of "classy fun" free of "border patrol, pickpockets, those kids selling you chicle gum, [and] Montezuma’s Revenge," drawing criticism from students of Latino heritage. (Photo: Courtesy of Pi Kappa Phi)

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USC Football Controversy - In 2007, then-USC football linebacker Clay Mathews took heat after creating a Facebook page titled "White Nation," featuring a picture of an African-American baby in handcuffs alongside the caption "arrest Black babies before they become criminals." Matthews and team officials later apologized for the incident, calling it a locker room prank gone south, but for some critics, the damage to the team's reputation had already been done. (Photo: Jeff Golden/Getty Images)