Race divided Fulton libraries

Diversity recruitment in librarianship should be seen as paramount--just incase you need another reason besides bettering the profession--here's a story from Georgia --Race divided Fulton libraries: " The trustees of Fulton County's public libraries felt they had a problem: Too many management slots at the system's flagship facility were filled by white women. So as 2000 dawned, the board asked for a race-based head count at the Central Library in Atlanta. Then, over the objections of the county attorney, the library system's executive reassigned a number of white librarians to lesser posts.
That began a legal battle that has cost taxpayers more than $18 million -- enough to build two new libraries or operate the entire 32-branch system for seven months."