User blog comment:WarrenWitch/Ooi, I just realized...there's a black character!/@comment-3146930-20131110223927

I think only Beacon and other combat schools actually use the 4 person team system. I mean I'm sure that some of the teachers were on teams in their youth (Peter Port mentions fighting with Ozpin; I also think Crow was on that team and maybe Glynda), but after they graduate they do their own thing. The bad guys on the other hand are...partners, not teammates.