"…Director of student activities Jay Gannon instructed Alberto Fernandez — a well-liked assistant dean of information technology — to remove images of black students from a Barry University calendar. The original photograph showed former presidential candidate and Kansas Sen. Bob Dole at a debate with about 20 Barry students in the audience. In the center foreground were three black females. The edited photo shows images of white men pasted over images of the women."
Wow. The Miami New Times has published a scathing article exposing racial tension and discrimination at our own Barry University in Miami Shores. Most of the lawsuits filed were dismissed or the University prevailed but the sheer number of complaints is worthy of investigation.
Be sure to read the article in its entirety but it is very interesting that although there are minorities at every management level at the University; there has never been a black department head. That's just messy but it is what it is.
This could become a public relations nightmare for Barry University. Stay tuned.
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