To stir up racial strife would be the ruin of all.
In the early 1990s the city experienced racial strife that attracted national attention.
While minimal compared to other cities, Atlanta was not completely free of racial strife.
"Unfortunately, this city has had a history of racial strife," Knipp said.
And it is a city, most agree, with little racial strife.
So, are his views informed by an upbringing in another country with less racial strife?
The nightly news is often full of stories about violence and racial strife across the world and around the corner.
During the 1950s and 1960s, the city of Gary was going through a time of racial strife.
Waterbury, in the late 1960s, like many American cities, was torn by racial strife.
Until last year, town officials say, Bloomsburg had never dealt with any significant racial strife.