6877: Cultural Cluelessness From Within.

At The Big Tent, Rochelle Newman-Carrasco presents a pretty sobering perspective on hiring practices at Latino advertising agencies. Newman-Carrasco reveals that Latino candidates face discrimination from their own, being judged by their skin color, social status and accents. The majority of comments left at the blog support her contentions. Hey, if Latinos battle bias amongst themselves, imagine what they encounter when arriving at the White shops.

Oddly enough, from MultiCultClassics’ viewpoint, most Latinos with heavy accents have turned out to be among the most gifted art directors, designers and writers ever. On the flip side, it seems like every White guy with a British accent is ultimately exposed as a clueless and talent-deficient hack—yet they always rise to high levels in the business. Go figure.