Diversity Day 

Michael's off color remark puts a sensitivity trainer in the office for a presentation, which prompts Michael to create his own.

Director:

Ken Kwapis

Writers:

Greg Daniels (developed for american television by), B.J. Novak

Stars:

Steve Carell, Rainn Wilson, John Krasinski

Cast

Episode cast overview:
Steve Carell	...	Michael Scott
Rainn Wilson	...	Dwight Schrute
John Krasinski	...	Jim Halpert
Jenna Fischer	...	Pam Beesly
B.J. Novak	...	Ryan Howard
Larry Wilmore	...	Mr. Brown
Leslie David Baker	...	Stanley Hudson
Brian Baumgartner	...	Kevin Malone
Kate Flannery	...	Meredith Palmer
Mindy Kaling	...	Kelly Kapoor
Paul Lieberstein	...	Toby Flenderson
Angela Kinsey	...	Angela Martin
Oscar Nuñez	...	Oscar Martinez
Phyllis Smith	...	Phyllis Lapin

Storyline

When Michael imitates a Chris Rock comedy routine, many people in the office are offended, prompting corporate to send in a sensitivity worker to give the Scranton office a diversity training day. When Michael is dissatisfied with the training, he creates his own diversity course ("Diversity Tomorrow"). Meanwhile, Jim loses one of his big commissions for the year.

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Plot Keywords:

reference to abraham lincoln | tolerance | seminar | racism | 

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Genres:

Comedy

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Certificate:

TV-14

Did You Know?

Trivia

NBC webcasted this episode on March 16, 2005 on MySpace to promote the show's then-upcoming premiere. This was NBC's first-ever online debut of a complete episode of a network series, and also included a trimmed-down webisode version of the episode for on-demand viewing on MySpace the following day.

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Goofs

When Michael rips up his signed pledge, Jim is chewing on a pencil. When the camera shows Jim again, he is chewing on a pen.

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Quotes

Michael Scott: [deleted scene] Yeah, I marched on Washington back in the day. I went to the Washington Monument and the Lincoln Memorial, U.S. Mint, congressman talked to our class. It was pretty cool.
[to his crew]
Michael Scott: Talk like you're talking to that race. I have a feeling that this could get kind of volatile. So keep it going.
[camera shows Devon sitting outside with West Nile]

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Connections

Featured in The Office: The Banker (2010)

User Reviews

S1 E2: Diversity Day

Diversity Day is one of the best episodes of The Office and is my favorite episode of Season 1. The writers quickly found the right tone of the show and began writing brilliant episodes starting with this one. Michael seems much more like-able here, and the other characters all got their moment to shine when Michael held his own diversity seminar. Diversity Day is the first great episode of a great show!

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

29 March 2005 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Deedle-Dee Productions, Reveille Productions, NBC Universal Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

23 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1