Knoxville News Sentinel
On Thursday, following the publication over the past three weeks of several exclusive Knox News reports about racism in the Knoxville Police Department, Vice Mayor Gwen McKenzie said she does not have confidence Police Chief Eve Thomas can reform the department s ranks.
Knox News asked community leaders and activists their reactions to McKenzie s comments. Among the questions we asked:
Whether they had confidence in Thomas (and if they didn t whether she should be removed).
If they think there is a racism problem in the department (and if so, what Thomas has to do to fix it, and if not why they think there is isn t).
RESOURCES
Deidra Harper, co-founder of The Women LLC, a group of six women helping small Black-owned businesses in Knoxville, has tips and resources for businesses recovering from the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Q: How have you seen women be impacted by the pandemic, particularly minority women? Why do you think that is?
A: I don t know if I have the exact answer of why that is, but I know a solution that we tried to bring during the pandemic is the Women Foundation, The Women LLC, we wanted to provide access to capital for small businesses. I have noticed there has been a spike in entrepreneurship amongst Black women. And I think due to COVID, being at home and having a little bit of more flexibility, and free time to pick up that hobby and actually turning into an income-driven operation, but then you still want to have capital and access to those resources to be able to expand your business. So I know that is a reason why The Women, who is a group of individual women t
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