The Grammys becomes the first major awards show to use an inclusion rider

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The Recording Academy has outlined a plan to boost diversity and ensure that more members of underrepresented communities are considered for roles on and off the stage during the telecast. Some of these underrepresented groups include: "Black, Indigenous, Asian American & Pacific Islander, and other Non-Black people of color, those of Hispanic or Latino/a/x descent, women of all backgrounds and identities, people with disabilities, people over the age of 40, people from certain religious minorities, and Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, or Queer ('LGBTQ+') people," the rider specifies.