Can we finally stop counting colors?(Quill Toolbox: Diversity)(CNN En Espanol)

For me, one of highlights of our recent SPJ Annual Convention & National Journalism Conference was meeting Roberto Pazos.

He wasn't a keynote speaker. Pazos is the assignment editor at CNN En Espanol. My chance encounter with Pazos, who is originally from South America, at this year's Mark of Excellence luncheon evolved into a memorable, nearly hour-long post-luncheon conversation that among other things made me more sensitive to the difference between a Hispanic journalist from Cuba and a Hispanic journalist from South America.

While Pazos manages the assignment desk at CNN En Espanol, he would not be counted among the increasing number of minority journalists who are in management …