While our country may have taken enormous steps toward embracing a diverse culture, we still have a long way to go before that embrace enfolds every community, every company, every classroom, every individual. I believe this industry needs to focus on three things. One of the biggest contributions this industry can make to this problem is to convince people it's serious. Of course, our presence here today is one beacon of hope. But what happens after today.
Diversity nourishes the soul of our company-and truly great companies have souls.
Diversity fills critical roles in our organizations. Diversity inspires creativity and inventiveness. And inventiveness and creativity are core virtues of this new economy. This industry needs to recognize that we need to capitalize on the momentum created in the last three days. We need to stop ignoring minorities because, I believe, minorities are vital to our success going forward.