There's a good deal of denial in the community that there is a problem. It's not overt like it was 40 or 50 years ago. It's very subtle. The team's strategy for dealing with racism is to create a Race Relations Institute, conceived as a non-profit foundation supplying educational services to any government, business or agency that needs them, he said. The report then goes on to cite similar agencies operated by Fisk University, the University of Mississippi and Tulane University.
Training is the next step.
It allows people in positions of influence within government and business to get some help in doing antiracism work within their companies, in leveling the playing field for everyone. We're hoping this would facilitate those changes, give them the support and backing needed to change their programs. The Knoxville News-Sentinel Co. All Rights Reserved.