Ethnic regimes were largely ignored in the mainstream media of the global North until the early 1990s, even when troubling events, such as genocide in Burundi, were unfolding. It was only with the disintegration of the former Yugoslavia in the early 1990s and the Rwanda genocide (1994) that it became more than apparent that another wave of ethnic cleansing and ethno-nationalist regimes were unfolding.
The Rainbow PUSH Automotive Project, an initiative of the Citizenship Education Fund, recently announced the 17th Annual Rainbow PUSH Global Automotive Summit to be held on Friday, September 30, at the MGM Grand Detroit Meeting and Events Center in Detroit, Michigan. The Rainbow PUSH Global Automotive Summit is the only forum that addresses the automotive industry in relation to people of color. Each year, more than 500 automotive executives, entrepreneurs, suppliers, dealers, consumers, government and elected officials, advertising agencies, automotive manufacturers and media outlets from across the automotive spectrum participate in discussions focused on improving inclusion for ethnic minorities in