Following the controversy surrounding the Grammys’ selection process and lack of diversity (which Sean Combs called out), the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences has developed a diversity initiative with its diversity task force.
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According to CNN, Recording Academy chairman and interim CEO Harvey Mason Jr. detailed the initiative in a message sent to his organization’s members Sunday morning. “Six months ago, when I put my hat in the ring to be your Chair, I did so because I believed that the Academy could do better–could be better,” Mason wrote, according to CNN. “The music we create has always reflected the best of ourselves and our world. But what was true of music has historically not been true of the music business as a whole.”
“Too often, our industry and Academy have alienated some of our own artists–in particular, through a lack of diversity that, in many cases, results in a culture that leans towards exclusion rather than inclusion,” he added.
Source: In the Midst of the Grammys Scandal, Recording Academy Announces New Diversity Initiatives
