S01E02 · SCENE 24/21 · 21:38
Diversity Day · Conference room
Card on forehead exercise

Michael hands out cards with ethnicities for employees to guess by how they are treated.

21:38→29:30
in the episode · 7m 52s · S01E02

What happens

21:38–29:30

Michael hands out cards with different ethnicities. Employees put them on their foreheads. They treat each other based on the card. They try to guess their own ethnicity. The exercise becomes chaotic.

WhereConference room
DriverMichael
Positionact2 · escalation
ThreadMichael's diversity fiasco

Key lines

from this scene
24:40

Try my gookie-gookie. Try my...

27:11

Talk to you later.

28:47

Okay. And... action.

29:19

And those are the principles that I carry with me in the workplace.

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Scene DNA

weights 0–1
social rule violation0.8
awkward0.7
absurd0.3
humiliation0.2
argument

Beats

19:13Michael hands out cards
21:28Exercise becomes chaotic

Scene in the episode

21:38–29:30
A · Jim's lost sale
B · Michael's diversity fiasco
C · Dwight's petty rivalry

Clips from this episode

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The Office - Diversity Day · TQM Teambuilding
Michael Scott Teaches the Office About Diversity (Clip) | The Office | TBS · TBS
Michael Scott Celebrates Diversity Day (Clip) | The Office | TBS · TBS
Michael Scott Hosts a Diversity Day Game (Clip) | The Office | TBS · TBS
The Office - Michael's Chris Rock Routine · Happy Savage
Jewish vs Black - The Office · No Watermark Clips
the office diversity day · Land Of Vandals
The Office - Diversity Training with Pam and Dwight · TheCliveWarren

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Michael Scott152 episodes · drives 1262 scenes
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Jim Halpert184 episodes · drives 443 scenes
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Pam Beesly184 episodes · drives 289 scenes
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OM
Oscar Martinez173 episodes · drives 47 scenes
KK
Kelly Kapoor159 episodes · drives 26 scenes

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