The BAMG feels that addressing these pillars is crucial to reversing decades of exclusion that Black auto-motive journalists have faced. As a result of the letter, all manufacturers responded, and a series of video calls were executed. The conversations were informative and some-times uncomfortable, and souls on both sides of the discussions were bared. “We need to be an adequate part of the solution,” said one automaker. “We need a strategic corporate reset,” said another.