'Diversity’ Not Diverse Enough

DIVERSITY' NOT ENOUGH
[SOURCE: Multichannel News, AUTHOR: Steve Villano, Cable Positive the industry’s anti-AIDS organization]
[Commentary] Last week was Diversity Week in the cable industry. If one statement crystallized how much more work needs to be done in that area, it was MTV president Christina Norman’s bold assertion that even MTV — long considered an industry leader in creating a more diverse workplace—was still “only rounding second base.” For people with a disability — like HIV — and for gays and lesbians, sitting on second base would be a pretty lofty perch. Just getting on the playing field is frequently an issue. Throughout the two days of the NAMIC Conference, the terms “the disabled,” or “GLBT” (gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender) were rarely mentioned, if at all, as qualifications for the definition of “diversity.” Of all the major speakers throughout the week, only ESPN/ABC Sports’ George Bodenheimer, who received the Kaitz Foundation’s corporate diversity award on behalf of his network, expressed an inclusive vision of diversity when he said that his network would continue to be sensitive to issues of “race, gender, orientation and disability.”
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