(FORTUNE Magazine) – In all of the tumult over alleged racist remarks by Texaco executives, one curiously silent voice is that of Franklyn Jenifer, the one black member of Texaco's board of directors. How does he feel about the matter? Is he untroubled? Ready to resign? FORTUNE tried to reach Jenifer, but as of press time neither Texaco nor the University of Texas at Dallas, where he is president, would permit press contact with him. Nor would they release photos of Jenifer; the one to the right came from the Dallas Morning News.