To continue to promote an inclusive and open environment in our department, the Diversity Committee will submit content for inclusion in the Departmental Newsletter and the informational blog for our undergraduates. We plan to include information on upcoming events, stoplights on department and UMN community members and items to spur discussion. Suggestions are welcome! Below you will find a scenario that we hope will prompt discussions and contemplation.
John and Stan are an inter-racial couple that has been living in their neighborhood for a number of years and has found it to be a welcoming place to raise their family. One afternoon they decide to plant some trees in the yard to provide more privacy for themselves and for their new neighbors. John has run out to buy more fertilizer while Stan has begun digging holes for the trees. Upon John's return, their new neighbors come over to say hello. They approach John and start chatting, expressing their excitement over the nice looking yard and lamenting that they don’t have the time to keep up their own. They motion to Stan and ask John where he found his gardener.
What should the couple do and why?