Nini also expressed enthusiasm for the discussion.
"I would attend [the meeting]," Nini said.
The store owner offered advice to his fellow merchants on the need to be careful when dealing with matters of race.
"You have to think before you open up your mouth," Nini said. "Today you can offend anybody with anything."
Other Square business owners agreed with Beaty that race is not an issue in the Square, but added that a seminar of this type would be beneficial in any case.
"We've certainly never harassed anybody," Jim Brine, owner of Brine's, a sporting goods store in the Square. "We try to treat everyone equally.
Frank Kramer, owner of Harvard Bookstore, said he was surprised by the harassment allegations.
"The students are our customers, for us to be rude in any way to them would just be bad for business," Kramer said.
But Kramer also agreed a meeting of this type would be useful.
"If there is a group of people that feels that it would be beneficial, than for that reason alone, this kind of meeting would be justified," Kramer said. "I would love to hear more about the people we serve."