with honesty. Without honesty we will waste our time on cosmetics and on a superficial examination which will not detect the root of the disease.

As we examine our racial relationships, one of the things we must examine is our institutions. Many of Bermuda's institutions have played a great part in our history and many are carefully guarded by their adherents. However, in Bermuda we have to ask if all of them are suitable for today and we have to look at which ones are still valuable to Bermuda, not to groups, not to some people, but to Bermuda.

Bermuda was a highly segregated society until the legislation of the late 1950s and, in a practical way, much later than that. That being the case our institutions were segregated just like the schools. The truth is that in many ways our institutions are still segregated. There may be some blacks in basically white institutions and there may be some whites in basically black institutions but in terms of practical association within the institutions, they are still segregated. Without association within our institutions there is no integration.

We must examine honestly whether institutions which are still basically white or basically black serve Bermuda well today. We have to ask whether they continue separation of the races and perpetuate divisions. It seems to us that divisions in one area are bound to carry over and become divisions in other areas. We think that if you are separated in a club, you will stay separated in business and if you are separated in business you will join a club dominated by your own race.

We have to look at ways to make our institutions reflect the makeup of Bermuda's population. It will not be easy and it will take openness and tolerance and understanding. It will also take work.

We must examine the reasons and the purposes for which the institutions exist and why they are still basically white or basically black. If members of institutions that are basically one race tell you that there is no problem, then you can reasonably assume that they have a problem. If members tell you they are preserving what that institution is and has been, then there is a problem because they are preserving one race association.

We must include in the examination such things as sports and ask why some sports are dominated by black participants and some are dominated by white participants. And let's not have that old excuse that whites are better at sailing and blacks are better at soccer because it is not true although it may be true that people are predisposed toward the sport they grew up with. That predisposition is a problem because it leads to a continuation of blacks playing with blacks and whites playing with whites.

The same thing should be done with charities. Why is Project 100 very integrated while other charities seem to be less so? Take a look at the arts and theatre groups. Clubs are a big, big problem.

Institutions which people feel strongest about preserving may have to be dragged along kicking and screaming and maybe some cherished institutions will have to disappear as being divisive in Bermuda.

The reality is that we must begin.