And running counter to Booker T. Washington was, of course, W.E.B. DuBois, one of Gates’ role models and the namesake of the “institute” that Gates runs at Harvard. For DuBois and his intellectual/political descendants, e.g. Gates, Malcolm X, Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson, et al, continued grievance is both a political tactic and a way of life. Washington was far more interested in an actual functioning society, in which racism can be overcome because stereotype and polarization are no longer valid forms of identity. MLK thought along much the same lines.
It’s not racial profiling that got Gates arrested, there was probable cause to investigate; the arrest was for “contempt of cop” from the front stairs.