Race issue? No. Bills knew they weren't going to the next level with Taylor and wanted to see what Peterman could do. They found out real quickly Peterman wasn't an NFL caliber QB...What I don't understand is why they kept Peterman around as long as they did.
Same thing happened to Taylor in Cleveland....why hasn't the same "uproar" occurred there? Probably because Taylor was replaced by a "white" number 1 overall draft pick rather than a "white" 5th rounder that nobody knew.