resulted in an extensive report on uprooting racism in Bermuda. Four pages of this newspaper were taken up by the report yesterday and we urge all Bermudians and non-Bermudian residents to read the report carefully. This is an important document for the future of Bermuda because it sets out a wide array of concerns.

The report uses a scattershot approach to the way Bermuda works. Some of it is very valid, some is "pie in the sky'', some has little to do with racism, some goes to the core of Bermuda's racial problems, some is achievable, some is not and some is frivolous. However, all of it is worth the attention of Bermudians.

We do not know and cannot tell how representative the 600 people assembled at Stonington were of the total population in its various manifestations but the invitation to attend was open and those who did not attend could not speak for themselves. The resulting report, consciously or unconsciously, is loaded with darts at the present Government but that may be the inevitable result for any government of a report of this kind. Some of the concerns listed are simply not cause for concern. Others will cause great worry for non-Bermudians working here.

Where Immigration is concerned, it is very clear that the sentiments expressed are largely opposed to non-Bermudians and to non-Bermudian workers in Bermuda without much realistic recognition of their economic value to Bermuda. You do not uproot racism "together'' and make a real difference in Bermuda by turning a section of the community into a scapegoat.

We did not see much concern expressed over the high number of single parent births which is a serious social problem. We noticed much concern over private schools but far less over private clubs which we see as much more divisive in the community than private schools. There is a blanket assumption in the document that education in Bermuda has failed. That's a frequently perpetrated myth, although it has unquestionably failed in a few areas. However we have no doubt that as the forums continue, additional concerns will surface.

Care will have to be taken that the forums and the reports themselves do not become a factor in dividing Bermuda. There are people who will have been frightened, disturbed or angry over some of the concerns printed yesterday. It has to be stressed that these are matters of concern for discussion and that both concern and discussion are healthy.

What must be said is that just the act of getting the concerns out in the open is progress. Consideration and discussion of the concerns, acceptance or rejection, would be good for the health of the community.