Searching for remedies in race relations Last week, we solicited reactions to our feature on the new book By the Color of Our Skin, by SOC faculty members Lenny Steinhorn and Barbara Diggs-Brown. Morris Jackson, community programs officer, development, and a member of the University Diversity Committee, responds. Comments should be brief and may be edited for space. Searching for remedies in race relations Being a man of inescapable color all my life, I have spent many years reading and studying about race and diversity issues.
Race does matter in America.
Integration has not worked. We are presenting the facts and have not made any recommendations. This is what I heard the authors talk about at their book signing. I was troubled by some of what I heard. Time and time again I have witnessed my colleagues across disciplines define the problem of race relations in the United States, but they do not want to pick up the banner or, if you permit me, the U.S. flag and march forward with a fervor to move beyond defining the state of race relations in the United States.