An Inward Look at Racial Tension at Trinity College

by E Wayne Ross on December 18, 2006

The New York Times: An Inward Look at Racial Tension at Trinity College

James F. Jones Jr. had been president of Trinity College for two years before a black student pointed out to him that he always ate lunch on the side of the dining hall where white students gather.

Since that day last month, Mr. Jones, who is white, has made a point of taking a table on the other side, with the minority students.