DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION
In order to reach this goal , discriminatory laws , policies and practices must be abolished , while legislations which promote diversity must be upheld .
CULTURAL MOMENTS IN DIVERSITY
In September 2021 , boyband BTS spoke at the UN , as the Republic of Korea ’ s Special Presidential Envoys for Future Generations and Culture – and have clocked up 5mn views in two months . Pop culture has led the way for years in pushing for diversity development and businesses have listened .
From # OscarsSoWhite to increasing diverse representation Following the Covid-19 outbreak in China , prejudice against Asian people living outside of Asia has increased – but movies have fought back .
Parasite was the first movie to win Best Film not made in the English language , which displeased then-President Trump , who remarked that he preferred Gone With the Wind ( 1939 ) and Eternals is the first film in the Marvel universe to have included a gay kiss , a deaf character and South Asian superheroes .
David Bowie confronted MTV for lack of Black artists In 1983 , Bowie had just released Let ’ s Dance . He sat down with MTV ’ s Mark Goodman and at the end of the interview , asked Goodman : “ I ’ m just floored that there ’ s so few Black artists featured [ on MTV ]. Why is that ?”
Goodman claimed that MTV was moving forward , but the company was afraid that Prince would alarm some viewers .
Bowie asked : “ Should it not be a challenge to make the media far more integrated ?”
Neurological diversity Greta Thunberg may have lost support at COP26 , after inviting world leaders to shove their climate crisis up a particularly warm part of their anatomy , but with her Asperger ' s syndrome , Greta has served as an ambassador for neurodiversity since her ‘ School Strike for Climate ’ began in 2018 .
“ In this society , everyone thinks the same . If you are on the autism spectrum that makes you different . In a crisis like this , people who think differently can be a good resource ”, said Greta .
Like the climate protesters she leads , the neurodiverse community is growing stronger .
70 January 2022