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While the Houghton County Prosecutor decides what to do with the person accused of posting a threat on social media aimed at black students at Michigan Tech, students there are shifting their focus to improving race relations on campus.
Grad student Christina Welch says since the threat, racial comments aimed at the black community at the school have increased.
MTU Director of the Center for Diversity and Inclusion Kellie Raffaelli says the university is starting to take a closer look at the way racism is manifesting on campus.
MTU Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, Jackie Huntoon, says the university is working with students on ways they can end what she calls acts of micro-aggression.
Huntoon describes micro-aggression as subtle ways minorities are excluded from the rest of the campus community.
A panel discussion featuring representatives from Michigan Tech will discuss this topic on Sunday’s episode of Copper Country Today.
