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NBC Universal recently named Craig Robinson as its recent chief diversity officer for the company.

Robinson, who is openly gay, had previously served as president and general manager of Los Angeles station KNBC. He is active in groups such as Asian Pacific Americans at NBC Universal, Black Professional Alliance and Out at NBC Universal. Robinson is also a longtime supporter of the National Association of Black Journalists, the Asian American Journalists Association and the National Association of Hispanic Journalists, as good as the National Dyke and Gay Journalists Association.

Less than a month into his new position, Robinson talked to PGN about the scope of his job and what he hopes to accomplish.

PGN: What made you the right person for this position at NBC? CR: I think there were a number of factors. They wanted someone who has worked in the organization and understood the corporation and had operational encounter. They wanted someone who could be effective. With issues of diversity, I’ve had 15 years with the company so I’ve had the operational encounter. And I have the personal experience of involvement with a number of community groups — African-American community groups

Barack Obama Explains Why Men Need Friend Groups With Queer People

Former President Barack Obama explained his reasoning that more men depend on queer friends. As a guest on his wife Michelle Obama‘s IMO podcast, which she hosts with her brother Craig Robinson, the 63-year-old detailed his experience with a homosexual male mentor and emphasized the importance of having diverse friend groups.

“One of the most valuable things I learned as a guy was, I had a gay professor in college at a time when openly lgbtq+ folks still weren’t out,” reflected Obama. “Who became one of my favorite professors and was a great guy, and would call me out when I started saying stuff that was ignorant.”

The father of two continued, “You need that to show empathy and kindness. And by the way, you need that person in your confidant group so that if you then have a boy who’s gay, or non-binary, or what hold you…they have somebody that they can go, ‘Okay, I’m not alone in this.’’ That, I reflect, is creating community. I know it’s corny, but it’s what they need.”

In the same podcast episode, Barack

Craig Robinson was named the Executive Director of the NABC on July 13, 2020.

Robinson brings over three decades of administrative and coaching experience to the NABC. From 2017-20, he served as the Vice President of Player Maturation and Minor League Operations for the NBA’s Recent York Knicks, a role that also included the title of General Manager of the G League’s Westchester Knicks.

Robinson held a similar front office position in player and organizational development with the Milwaukee Bucks from 2016-17. Prior to his transition into administration, Robinson spent eight years as a Division I head men’s basketball coach – two seasons at Brown and six at Oregon State.

Robinson won 30 games in his two seasons at Brown, more than any other head coach in their first two years in program history. He was named the Ivy League Coach of the Year by basketball-u.com following the 2006-07 season.

At Oregon Express, Robinson won 94 games – currently the fourth-most in program history – and led the Beavers to four postseason appearances. In his first season in Corvallis, Robinson won 18 games with a team that had finished 0-18 in conference act the prior

Former President Barack Obama wants young boys to know: One role model isn’t enough.

On Wednesday, while speaking on his wife Michelle Obama’s podcast “IMO,” which she co-hosts with her brother, Craig Robinson, Barack opened up about the importance of raising “emotionally intelligent, competent men.”

“Well, first of all, the most important strategy, whether it were boy or lady, was having the right partner,” Barack said about the foundation of raising sons.

The couple reflected on how their parents had raised them with the tools they had, even if those tools were limited. From there, the conversation shifted to the unique challenges of raising boys versus raising girls.

“There are some particular issues with boys that as a society we are not addressing,” Barack said.

He emphasized the need for boys to have a wide-ranging “community” of men to look up to — a variety he first noticed in the early years of digital dating Michelle.

He recalled how much he “loved” seeing a “bunch of different kinds of men” in her life. To this day, that exposure remains essential in his eyes.

“That’s one of the things I deliberate a lot of the times boys need,” he said.