From the podium, he said many of the issues in LIS are not the problem of attitude but the problem of integration. So I got in line for the floor microphone again. It is a personal comment from me who represent a group of people of color, to each of you in this room as a delegate and a person. Many of the issues in our profession are indeed not as much the problem of attitude as the problem of integration. There is no better example than that of diversity.
Diversity is an issue for the whole profession.
But there can be no real progress both in workplace and in curriculum unless you make diversity a personal issue. Break the silence. Stop being polite in distance. Stop being detached from the discussion, the debate and the intellectual thinking that are essential for real progress in diversity. Make a promise to yourself to attend one, just one, diversity meeting or discussion this year.