"Diversity Day"
Michael takes a question from Dwight on "Diversity Day".
Episode No.	2
Prod. Code	R1101
Airdate	March 29, 2005
Writer(s)	B.J. Novak
Director	Ken Kwapis
Guest star(s)	Larry Wilmore
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Plot

After a controversial retelling of a famous Chris Rock stand-up routine, Michael and the rest of Dunder Mifflin Scranton are subjected to a Diversity seminar from corporate. However, the actual assembly helps the situation very little, and Michael takes matters into his own hands. Christopher Julius Rock III[5] (born February 7, 1965)[6][7] is an American comedian, actor, screenwriter, television producer, film producer and director. ...

Under the name Diversity Tomorrow, Michael attempts to work out racial issues in his own way. He assigns each member of the office an index card with a race on it, causing tempers to slowly simmer until they finally snap.

Meanwhile, Jim desperately tries to close on an important annual sale that makes up about 25% of his commission. He even buys a miniature bottle of champagne to celebrate the occasion. In the midst of the chaos of the day, it is Dwight who rings up the sale for himself. Despite the disappointment, when Pam falls asleep on Jim's shoulder at the end of a long end-of-the-day meeting, he concludes that it was "not a bad day."

Deleted scenes

The Season One DVD contains a number of deleted scenes from this episode.

• At the meeting, Michael and Mr. Brown discuss erasing racism.
• At the meeting, Michael creates his own acronym for sensitivity, which spells I.N.C.E.S.T.
• Michael kicks Ryan out of the meeting.
• Pam says, "Yeah, there's good things about Michael," but can't think of an example.
• Michael imagines Mr. Brown's reaction after seeing Daffy Duck's signature.
• Jim helps Pam play computer solitaire.
• Dwight films Michael's sensitivity video.
• Michael runs the diversity exercise.
• Michael talks about his political accomplishments as if he were Martin Luther King, Jr.
• Devon smokes alone on the balcony.
• Jim changes Dwight's card from "Asian" to "Dwight".
• Reactions after Kelly slaps Michael.

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Notes

• Originally, producer Greg Daniels was not sure where to use Mindy Kaling on screen in the series until the point came in this episode's script when Michael needed to be slapped by a minority. "Since then, I've been on the show," Kaling says.^[1]
• Larry Wilmore, who plays the sensitivity trainer Mr. Brown, is a writer for the show. At the table-read for this show, they had not cast the part yet and Daniels just had Wilmore read for the role to fill in. After the read, Daniels thought he was perfect for the role.^[2] However, because of stipulations with the Screen Actors Guild, producers still had to have Wilmore formally audition with other actors for the role.^[3]
• Michael's attempts to upstage Brown echoes David's treatment of a visiting consultant in Episode Four, Series One of the British Office.
• The diversity training company's name (and Michael's response to it) went through a number of changes before Diversity Today was settled on, because the names they chose turned out to be names of real companies. Names they tried included Diversity 360 (Michael: Diversity 365), Diversity 2000 (Michael: Diversity 3000).^[3][4]
• The routine Michael imitates is "Niggas vs. Black People" from Chris Rock's 1996 HBO special Bring the Pain.^[4]
• Michael's diversity exercise with the index cards is similar to one sometimes done in actual diversity-training programs.
• This episode was nominated for the Writers Guild of America Award for "Best Episodic Comedy".
• These are the roles played by the Dunder Mifflin employees in Michael's diversity exercise:

Character	Race/nationality
Michael	Martin Luther King Jr.
Dwight	Asian (also "Dwight" in a deleted scene)
Stanley	Black
Angela	Jamaican
Kevin	Italian
Meredith	"Brazil"
Pam	Jewish
Oscar	Eskimo
Phyllis	Haitian
Devon	"West Nile" (deleted scene)
Creed	Never clearly shown

• Wilmore would appear as Mr. Brown once again in the season three episode "Gay Witch Hunt", giving the Stamford branch the Diversity Today sensitivity training; it is implied that the Stamford branch had to sit through it because of events in Scranton.
• Ryan mentions a cute character on Chappelle's Show. Future Office cast member Rashida Jones ("Karen") appeared in a number of episodes of Chappelle's Show.

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Expletives

Due to the strong language, part of the Chris Rock routine where Michael says the N-word is bleeped in the episode. On the DVD commentary Greg Daniels said he added bleeps to the master tapes of the episode so the uncensored joke wouldn't be leaked online before the series had premiered.

Other episodes where words have been bleeped:

• In "Gay Witch Hunt", Michael misstates the name of the program Queer as Folk as Queer as F---
• In "A Benihana Christmas", Michael utters an expletive when he rides his bicycle into a potted plant.
• In "Phyllis' Wedding", Michael utters an expletive after Phyllis's father stands and walks down the aisle during her wedding, taking the spotlight off his wheelchair valet.
• In a deleted scene from "Business School", Meredith tells a dirty joke that is nearly entirely bleeped out.
• In "The Job", Jan swears at the CFO as she leaves.
• In "Dunder-Mifflin Infinity", Michael uses an expletive when upset that he drove his car into a lake.

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References

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External links

• "Diversity Day" at NBC.com
• The Office Relives a Classic "Day" Jenna Fischer's blog on TVGuide.com
• Memorable Quotes From "Diversity Day" at QuotesFromTheOffice.com