{"id":7355,"date":"2020-07-06T19:01:15","date_gmt":"2020-07-06T23:01:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/?post_type=wfsu-news&#038;p=7355"},"modified":"2020-07-07T09:40:51","modified_gmt":"2020-07-07T13:40:51","slug":"local-activists-say-fsus-new-task-force-on-racial-inequality-has-no-teeth","status":"publish","type":"wfsu-news","link":"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wfsu-news\/local-activists-say-fsus-new-task-force-on-racial-inequality-has-no-teeth\/","title":{"rendered":"Local Activists Say FSU&#8217;s New Task Force On Racial Inequality Has No Teeth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Multiple advocacy groups say Florida State University&#8217;s new task force on racial inequality isn&#8217;t enough to make real change. The groups say the school has a history of making decisions, then walking them back.<\/p>\n<p>Florida State University&#8217;s Black Student Union, the Students for a Democratic Society, and local activists are criticizing the college&#8217;s creation of a task force to address racial inequality. The university&#8217;s announcement follows Saturday&#8217;s protest over a statue of Francis Eppes by Westcott Fountain. Eppes was a white slave owner from the 1800s. A separate task force recommended the statue be removed a few years ago, but it has yet to be taken down.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We see at Florida State University this complete and utter unwillingness to do anything like significant for black issues,&#8221; Tallahassee Community Action Committee&#8217;s Delilah Pierre says.<\/p>\n<p>Pierre is calling for the removal of any mention of Eppes from the campus. That includes Eppes Hall. It&#8217;s a motion Students for a Democratic Society&#8217;s Val Bernon supports:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Realistically, I don&#8217;t know how we can address racism in FSU if we still have such huge symbolic figures that were slave owners, that were racist.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>FSU says it&#8217;s creating the task force to move forward in addressing the challenges different students face and includes a list of seven areas it wants to address:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Town Hall meetings with student organizations, faculty and staff, and alumni, including identity and affinity groups representing Black and LatinX members of the campus community<\/li>\n<li>A review of the report from the <i>President\u2019s Advisory Panel on University Namings<\/i> and the development of a plan for assessment and implementation<\/li>\n<li>Creation of an educational outreach program about FSU\u2019s history and relationship with the Seminole Tribe of Florida<\/li>\n<li>The Division of Student Affairs will launch the <i>Student Equity and Inclusion Office<\/i>, a resource office focused on further educating, training, and implementing programs and services aimed at fostering a more inclusive student experience.<\/li>\n<li>Implementation of mandatory diversity and inclusion training for all students, faculty and staff to commence Fall semester 2020<\/li>\n<li>Intensifying efforts to recruit, support and retain students, faculty and staff from underrepresented groups. Part of this effort includes the administration of a campus climate survey during Fall semester to identify and mitigate barriers to recruitment and retention of faculty and staff from underrepresented groups.<\/li>\n<li>Partnering with FSUPD to administer anti-bias training to officers and establish a Community Relations liaison within the force. Additionally, the University will request that an FSU student representative be appointed to the TPD Community Review Board.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>*<b>Editors Note:<\/b> <i>This story has been updated to include the list of areas FSU wants to address with its task force. <\/i>  <\/p>\n<div class=\"fullattribution\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google-analytics.com\/__utm.gif?utmac=UA-5828686-4&amp;utmdt=Local+Activists+Say+FSU%27s+New+Task+Force+On+Racial+Inequality+Has+No+Teeth&amp;utme=8(APIKey)9(MDA4MzU1MzUzMDEzMTkyMzAwMzY5MjY1Mw004)\" \/><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":7356,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","wds_primary_category":0},"categories":[],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Local Activists Say FSU&#039;s New Task Force On Racial Inequality Has No Teeth - WFSU Local Routes<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/wfsu-news\/local-activists-say-fsus-new-task-force-on-racial-inequality-has-no-teeth\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Local Activists Say FSU&#039;s New Task Force On Racial Inequality Has No Teeth - WFSU Local Routes\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Multiple advocacy groups say Florida State University&#039;s new task force on racial inequality isn&#039;t enough to make real change. 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