Parker-Lloyd says school officials asked her to write a letter of apology to the police. Instead, she retained a lawyer.

The Wilkes faculty passed a resolution condemning the police’s treatment of Parker-Lloyd, but it has not gotten involved in the flap over her firing. Dr. Jane Elmes-Crahall, a professor of communications studies who spearheaded the resolution, says faculty members want to know more about what happened.

According to Chielli, Parker-Lloyd’s firing had nothing to do with the lawsuit. “Her lawsuit with the city was a private matter,� he says. “Anytime you take an individual like Andita, it is a difficult decision for the leadership of the university. We take all of these decisions seriously.�

Parker-Lloyd’s attorney, Barry H. Dyller, says they are also contemplating a lawsuit against the university. “Very frequently, what happens when ‘Driving While Black’ is the police will try to get the person stopped to lose their cool. Andita, on the other hand, is a university leader, very controlled, and we have students who they also
treated poorly.�

Meanwhile, Feldhun says he regrets having two Black students, both athletes, call a Korean wrestler a “chink,� after the wrestler admitted being sensitive to the word since childhood.

“I have taken that out of the course,� Feldhun says.

Mauricio Velásquez, president of Diversity Training Group, located in Reston, Va., calls confrontational “in your face� tactics obsolete in diversity training.

“Putting people in the middle and making them part of the exercise without establishing ground rules is very irresponsible,� he says.