tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11279250.post8221463470145880201..comments2024-02-13T01:35:29.765-06:00Comments on MultiCultClassics: 12965: Digiday Is Diversity Dumb.HighJivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11372784671087002387noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11279250.post-83139950543923953492015-12-10T20:48:14.489-06:002015-12-10T20:48:14.489-06:00Why can't anyone, any single writer, just DEMA...Why can't anyone, any single writer, just DEMAND THE DAMN NUMBERS from the holding companies and then not take them at face value but DIG DEEPER?<br /><br />We're talking about 200,000 people minimum making a living off of advertising, where black people are wholesale locked out entirely unless they're checking IDs at the security desk, making coffee or pushing the broom. <br /><br />Then we gotta hear bullshit like "Our agency supports AdColor!" or "Our talent base is 28% diverse," and not a single person calls them out.<br /><br />"Our agency supports AdColor" is code for "We fund the board members hundreds of thousands of dollars a year, and they give us diversity awards in exchange, that keep us from having to show any actual numbers."<br /><br />“Our talent base is 28% diverse!” = our agency also counts overseas employees as diverse to increase our numbers, but since we never have to show any hard numbers, no one will ever call us out on this. <br /><br />C'mon Digiday, or someone, DIG. D-I-G.JustGiveThaDamnNumbersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11279250.post-70585707799104416182015-12-10T12:28:16.506-06:002015-12-10T12:28:16.506-06:00OMG everything that's wrong with the whole &qu...OMG everything that's wrong with the whole "diversity in advertising" thing this year, that has shifted to mean only white women rah rah rah, is summed up in that illustration. <br /><br />Thanks for the reminder, Digiday :/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com