Yale Daily News

``It was humiliating for Rogers to be led out of the workplace by policemen in front of his co-workers and library patrons``

How terribly humiliating!

And the staff still feels it is not obligated to apologize??

Pathetic.

This article neglects to mention the Yale University Library system, under Alice Prochaska's leadership, is in the process of rolling out a comprehensive diversity training program, which will touch on issues related to racism, cross-cultural communiction, multi-culturalism, prejudice, and bias. YUL also has an excellent <a href="http://www.library.yale.edu/lhr/diversity/">diversity council</a>.

To the above comment: The diversity council and the library's diversity priorities actually do appear in the article. Simply CTRL+F for "diversity" to see where those facts appear.

Why did it take a few hours for his supervisors to be called? Thats suspicious enough. Not of racist behaviour but of a worrying amount of indecision over possible drug dealing on campus.

I just don't see how money changing hands automatically points to a drug deal...especially when we're talking about an employee outside his own workplace. It's not as if there was a bag of white powder or a weapon involved. This may or may not be racial profiling, but either way it absolutely is NOT a reasonable misunderstanding. As a library staff member, I find this pretty disturbing. An apology is definitely called for.

This sounds like a case of harrassment and bullying rather than racial profiling. Based on the description of the incident, why would any reasonable person conclude it was a drug deal unless they were looking for an excuse to get their coworker in trouble? The University Librarian should consider herself lucky this poor man is only asking for an apology - he definitely has grounds for a lawsuit here.

I am finding it very hard to understand why the "individual who reported suspicious activity" and obviously wronged an innocent person, is not being mentioned by name. The innocent party here is being rolled around in the news, adding to more humiliation, but the wrong-doer is anonymous? Is this racial profiling also? Is the mysterious manager white? What is the other side of the story here? What kind of reporting is this?

The Yale library and Alice Prochaska are clearly wrong on this one. But, things being what they are...I dont see the library employee getting an apology. It must have been really embarrassing and painful for the man who was taken away in front of his co-workers. Its pretty painful to read Alice Prochaska condescendingly tip toe and dance around the issue. But hey, shes a leader where it counts. I mean, agreeing to have a midnight opening for the Bass Library?! That was cooooool!!! Way to go Alice!

26 years of service to Yale and he can't even get an apology? Outrageous!

<“What is there to apologize for? The union, as far as I can tell, has no reason to allege racial profiling other than the fact that the person who was suspected was African-American and the person who reported the suspicion was white,” she said. “That’s not a justified logical leap and it involves an unpleasant accusation.” >

That's perfectly valid grounds for a racial profiling accusation. Whether it's unpleasant or not. And who is it unpleasant for? Certainly not Rogers who had the experience of being profiled, escorted off of his job, asthma attacks, almost losing his job from his apathetic (and probably racist) superiors. Now that's unpleasant. ...to say the very least. So, for Alice and her "unpleasant accusation", I have no sympathy.