Office 1.2.3 I regret my actions, I regret offending my co-workers. I pledge to bring my best spirit of honesty, empathy, respect and open-mindedness, openmindedness is that a word ? Into the workplace, in this way I can truly be a hero. Signed, daffy duck. He's gonna lose it when he reads that. Hi, is Mr. Decker around ? Oh well could you just have him call me after lunch ? Thank you. I pledge to always keep an open mind and an open heart. I do believe in that part of the pledge that I just read, but a pledge, come on, who are we ? The girls scouts ? No. Look, the, the guy Mister brown, he got us half way there, he got us talking. Well no, I got us talking. It got us nothing, he insulted us and he abandoned us. You call that diversity training ? I don't. Were there any connections between any of us ? Did anyone look each other in the eye,were there any emotion going on ?No ! Where was the heart, I didn't see any heart, where was my Oprah moment ? Ok, get as much done as you can before lunch, because afterward, I’m gonna have you all in tears. All right everybody pretty, come on, here we go, it's time. Let's do some good. Hey we are not all gonna seat in circle in it so are we ? - Get out ! - I'm sorry. No this not a joke, ok ? It was offensive, and lame, so double offensive. This is an environment of welcoming and you should just get the hell out of here. Ok let's go, let's do it come on let's have some fun everybody. Here we go, take a seat, cop a squat, and thank you for coming in. Diversity... is the cornerstone of progress, as I’ve always said. But don't take my word for it. Let's take a look at the tape. Hi I’m Michael Scott, I’m in charge of Dundler Mifflin paper products here in Scranton, Pennsylvania. But I'm also the founder of diversity tomorrow, because today is almost over. Abraham Lincoln once said that if you're a racist I will attack you with the north. And those are the principles that I carry with me in the workplace. Ok, questions ? Comments ? Anybody, Jim ? - Uhh, is that it ? - Yes I only had an hour to put it together, - but I’m gonna add onto it later on. - It was kind of hard to hear. Uh yes that probably has something to do with the camera work. Anybody else ? - I have a customer meeting. - Yeah well if you leave we'll only have to... Yes, enjoy, absolutely. "Namaste". Ok, well, since I am leading this let's get down to business, and why don't I, just kind of introduce myself, ok ? I am Michael, and I am part English, Irish, German, and Scottish, sort of a virtual United Nations. But what some of you might not know, is that I am also part native American Indian. What part, native American ? - 2/15th - That fraction doesn't make any sense. Well, you know what it's kinda hard for me to talk about it. It's suffering So who else ? Let's get it popping, come on. Whose gone ? Let's go here, Oscar, right here, you're on ! Ok Michael, both my parents were born in Mexico and they moved to the united-states a year before I was born, so I grew up in the united states and my parents were Mexicans. That is a great story, that's the American dream right there, right ? Thank you, yeah Let me ask you is there a term besides Mexican, that you prefer ? Something less offensive ? - Mexican isn't offensive ! - Well it has certain connotations. - Like what ? - Like... I don't know - What connotations Michael ? - No... - It must have been something - No, remember - I'm just curious - Honesty, Empathy, Respect, Jim ? Hello ? I have something here, I want you to take a card put it on you fore... don't look at the card ! I want you to take the card, I want you to put it on your forehead and take a card, any card and I want you to treat other people like the race that is on their forehead