US demographics are changing, so an organization welcoming more diverse audiences than it did a decade ago is an expectation, not necessarily an achievement.
A goal is to welcome diverse audiences at a representative rate relative to the population. The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s percentage of non-white, American visitors has increased from 21% in year 2007 to 27% in year 2017. (Growth!) Some other organizations might (and do) see similar growth and tout it to reporters as a major success. Not the Met. As the CEO, Daniel Weiss, said eloquently on a recent segment on Marketplace on NPR, "The...Sign in to KYOB+
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