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The New York Times recently published an article titled "The ‘Mad Men’ Era Is Long Over. Why Is Advertising Still So White?" This piece highlights the persistent lack of diversity in the advertising industry, despite the cultural shift away from the predominantly white "Mad Men" era. The article mentions the One Club and features One School graduate Melvin DeBerry, discussing efforts and challenges in diversifying the field. Read More - https://bit.ly/3z1Jvh7

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Paul MacFarlane

Business Strategy and Creative Branding: Bringing The Best of Humanity Forward for the global Fortune 500.

4mo

If you mean alcohol, cigarettes and sexism..yes but f'd up racism is alive and well.

Vasanth Seshadri

Founder and Creative Director at The Sunny Side | Author of "The Creative Human" (Worldwide No. 10 Bestseller) and "Cultural Engineering" (Worldwide No. 11 Bestseller)

4mo

I've worked in US advertising and found a racial percentage largely consistent with the racial percentage of America. African-Americans, Hispanic-Americans and Asian-Americans were represented roughly in proportion to their percentage of the general population. This was about a decade ago, even before there was a serious effort to diversify. There was also a disproportionate expat population, mostly from South America and Asia. I think advertising is the least of the problem when it comes to industries with a lack of diversity. I think there are other industries (e.g. STEM) where the lack of diversity is far more of an issue.

Anand A. Vathiyar

Ad man, life long student

4mo

Before we keyboard-support Diversity in Advertising, we should ask ourselves if minorities in the US really care to be in Advertising. I'm not sure many do (Bell Curve). Take African Americans who are weaned on individualistic mantras like 'Gotta get paid/I'm gonna get mine'. They view sports, rap/music, entertainment (acting/comedy) and notoriety as their ticket to fame and fortune. Why would they give up their conspicuous American Dream for a behind-the-scenes job in Advertising which is fairly conformist with its structure, hierarchy, pay scale etc? Just saying...

I just can’t get over the loss of money because you aren’t engaging diverse demos. And I mean everything from DINKs to disability and ethnicity. The planet is diverse, act like it. Nothing grows well as a monoculture.

Annette M. Ragan CW

Creative & Strategic Storytelling

4mo

and male

Go "Smoke a Kool and keep thinking about it, Mr. Shirk-y R." -U. Scroll on TikTok for 9 hours and get back to us.

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Terrence Burrell

Award-winning Creative Leader

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Onward and upward good Sir.

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Adrian J. Hopkins

Global Head of Employee Engagement & Communications | Board member | Career advisor | Transforming organizational culture with communications | 2024 One Show Juror | Alum: New York Times, Grey

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David Ross

Executive Production | Producer | Project/Program Management | Digital Products | Emerging Technology | Experiential

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Yeah...

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