Re: MB Docket No. 19-177; MB Docket No. 98-204
Dear Chair Rosenworcel:
On behalf of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, a coalition charged by its diverse membership of more than 230 national organizations to promote and protect the civil rights of all persons in the United States, and its Media/Telecommunications Task Force, we write to support the supplemental comments of the civil rights and labor advocates in the above referenced proceedings.[1]
The Leadership Conference’s recent report, “Information Nation: The Need for Improved Federal Civil Rights Data Collection,” highlights the importance of data collection in tackling the problems created by structural racism, inequality, and other injustices.[2] Without complete, accurate, and disaggregated data, it is impossible to develop a full understanding of how the communities we represent are faring.[3] As the report concludes, while better data collection will not solve the challenges created by systemic racism and historic levels of inequality, it is a necessary first step.[4]
The comments in the docket, including those previously filed by The Leadership Conference, reflect widespread consensus within the civil and human rights community that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) must once again be a leader in equitable employment obligations.[5] This begins with collecting and publishing EEO-1 data by broadcasters, cable operators, and other multichannel video programming distributors and...
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