As I am reading this, Denzel is playing in one of my favorite movies. When I was a kid my heroes were Harry Belafonte and Sammy Davis Jr. It never seemed odd or strange to me that my world was populated with these stars. In part as a result, and because of my upbringing, when there is no diversity, it’s visually jarring. I lived in a too- white city once, then co-created a Salsa night every Friday at a local dance studio. You never saw such joyful diversity. You’d never know so many Black and Brown folks lived in that town, that’s how hidden folks were. An all white world is a failed world. A diverse world that denies the value of those people of color is also a failed world.