Minorites in the Newsroom

After reading the three articles from the September 6 post one feeling came over me. Boredom. I can't help but feel like we've moved past all this statistics about who is getting hired and who isn't. While it is sad to see that 95% of all general managers at newsrooms across the country are white, I don't care about minorities having a target percentage of 16%. Why 16% percent? If the 16% goal was met, would the problems facing minorities and fair hiring go away? Would the newsrooms finally be fair and balanced? I understand that their are major issues that need to be addressed in the newsrooms but simply publishing numbers that already tell me what most everybody knows won't help anyone. Instead, why NOT have a system in place that requires managers to at least met and interview minorities for upper level positions. This was done a few years ago in the National Football League and so far their are more minority coaches than ever before. While this stat is pretty cool, keep in mind there are still only five black head coaches out of 32 NFL teams. It's a start.