New steps from UT responding to blackface controversy

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BO:
A COUPLE'S HOME HIT HARD BY
FLOODING - VOLUNTEERS STEPPING
UP TO HELP - AS THEY
FACE A BIG CLEANING JOB.
LORI:
PLUS TENNESSEE MOMS DESCEND ON
NASHVILLE - ADOVCATING
AGAINST A BILL UP FOR DEBATE IN
THE STATE LEGISLATURE - THE
ISSUE THAT
HAS THEM MOTIVATED - RIGHT NOW
AT SIX.
GOOD EVENING, I'M BO WILLIAMS.
I'M LORI TUCKER.
LORI:
CHANGES COMING TO U-T CAMPUS IN
THE WAKE OF THE THE CONTROVERSY
OVER A BLACKFACE PICTURE ON
SOCIAL MEDIA.
BO:
THAT PICTURE SHOWING WHAT
APPEARS TO BE TWO U-T STUDENTS
IN BLACKFACE... THE PICUTRE...
ACCOMPANIED BY A RACIST CAPTION.
LORI:
WE SHOWED YOU LAST NIGHT THE
SIDE REPORTER BLAKE STEVENS
JOINING US FROM CAMPUS.
BLAKE YOU WERE THERE TO COVER A
MEETING ON HATE SPEECH AND THE
FIRST AMENDMENT - SCHEDULED
BEFORE THIS CONTROVERSY - WHEN
THESE NEW ACTIONS WERE
SENT OUT... SO TELL US WHAT
YOU'VE
LEARNED.
BLAKE
MORE THAN A HUNDRED FUROUS
PEOPLE... WHEN THE NEWS CAME..
APPLAUSE.
BLAKE:
BO:
BLAKE:
BO:
WE MENTIONED TODAY'S SESSION OF
RACIST EVENTS HAPPENING ON OUR
CAMPUS THAT MAKE THEM NECESSARY.
OF RACIST EVENTS HAPPENING ON
OUR CAMPUS THAT MAKE THEM
NECESSARY.
I WANT TO UPDATE YOU ON THE
ACTIONS WE ARE TAKINGNOT JUST
IN RESPONSE TO SPECIFIC
INCIDENTS
BUT IN AN EFFORT TO ADDRESS THE
UNDERLYING ISSUES THAT ALLOW
THEM TO HAPPEN. IT IS IMPORTANT
TO
SAY THAT MY LEADERSHIP TEAM AND
I SEE THESE ACTIONS AS A
STARTING POINT. WE WILL CONTINUE
TO LISTEN, EVALUATE, GATHER
FEEDBACK, AND COMMUNICATE WITH
YOU IN ORDER TO MOVE FORWARD
TOGETHER.
FIRST, WE WILL REQUIRE BOTH
IMMEDIATE AND ONGOING CULTURAL
COMPETENCY, INCLUSION, AND
BIAS TRAINING FOR ALL FACULTY,
STAFF,
AND ADMINISTRATORS, BEGINNING
WITH THE EXECUTIVE
ADMINISTRATION. WE ARE CALLING
ON
ORIENTATION THIS SUMMER AND
THE ROCK... AND LATER A WHITE
NATIONALIST LEADER WHO
MANAGED TO ORGANIZE A SPEAKING
EVENT ON CAMPUS... DESPITE
OBJECTIONS FROM CAMPUS.
BO:
ADMINISTRATORS DECIDING THEY
COULDN'T STOP THE GROUP FROM
COMING TO CAMPUS - BUT THE
UNIVERSITY COULD GET TOGETHER
AND
MAKE A STATEMENT THAT U-T STANDS
AGAINST HATE....BY ORGANIZING A
UNITY EVENT WHICH WAS HELD JUST
FEW WEEKS AGO FOR THE SECOND
TIME.
LORI:

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New steps from UT responding to blackface controversy

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