Gates: Get more blacks, Hispanics and women

Henry Louis Gates is now the chair of the Pulitzer Prize board. An article in Editor & Publisher discusses Gates' plans to increase diversity among some of the judging panels--calling for more blacks, Hispanics and women. As for the board here are the statistics:

"Among the 19 members currently on the board, three are black, four are women, and the remaining 12 are white men. Gissler confirmed that no Hispanic had ever served on the board."