College of Charleston Remains Focused on Efforts to Improve Diversity, Inclusion
It’s been an unprecedented time in the Holy City and around the United States as people of all ages and races have taken to the streets in recent days to fight for social justice following the death of George Floyd, a black man, as a result of a forceful arrest by Minneapolis police officers.
And it’s a moment that has been building for some time, says Rénard Harris, vice president of access and inclusion and chief diversity officer for the College of Charleston.
“The protests tie into larger issues of systemic racism because, in a short time span, we have seen public health, public safety and the democratic values of inclusiveness and equality fail black Americans,” says Harris, noting that the coronavirus pandemic has only compounded the challenges people of color face with higher rates of mortality and unemployment.
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