After just over a month in his new job as head of the newly formed NBC-Universal News Group, combining NBC News, MSNBC, CNBC, and all streaming operations, Cesar Conde is making news himself.  In a video and memo to the approximately 3,000 employees he supervises, Conde announced a goal of 50% of employees being female and 50% "people of color," an expression commonly taken to mean non-Caucasians.   Since Caucasians account for more than 76% of the United States population according to the Census Bureau, this amounts to a vow of racial discrimination. Ben Smith of the New York Times tweets out the memo: New memo from NBC News chief @cesarconde_ sets a goal for representation: "that 50% of our News organization employees be women and 50% of our total workforce be people of color." pic.twitter.com/s3B5KmHz7Z — Ben Smith (@benyt) July 7, 2020 According to the Los Angeles Times, women already constitute about...(Read Full Post)