People in underrepresented groups benefit from being made aware of successful people from those groups. It shows them that the lack of representation is not the

People in underrepresented groups benefit from being made aware of successful people from those groups. It shows them that the lack of representation is not the result of some inherent lack of ability, but rather other social factors, such as institutionalized bias, which is still discouraging, but not as much as feeling incapable.