13045: KMBA FYI.

In case you missed it, Craig Brimm took Kiss My Black Ads to Instagram.

8902: Brimming With Opportunity.

At Advertising Age’s Small Agency Diary, Craig Brimm of KissMyBlackAds discusses shuttering his own agency for a new job.

8551: Brimm’s Multicultural Marketing Manifesto.

Carter G. Woodson presented Black History Month (technically, he started Negro History Week). Now Craig Brimm presents How Not to Become Black History—a manifesto for multicultural marketing practitioners.

7482: KMBA Refuses To Be Subservient Chicken.

KissMyBlackAds offered creative direction to Alex Bogusky in response to Lincoln Stephens and Shelton Scott appearing on the FearLess Q+A show.

7460: Burrell On Brainwashing.

Check out the coverage at Kiss My Black Ads.

6585: NAACP MAP Recap.

The NAACP letter to advertisers inspired a range of responses around the Web. The Big Tent collected a few noteworthy comments, including folks questioning the courage of Black-owned agencies. In contrast, Agency Spy wondered why Black-owned agencies still get dissed. The event provided Adweek with a rare chance to report on a non-White topic—and ignited another thread that demonstrates many Adweek readers are ignorant morons. Jim Edwards at BNET predicted lots of meetings and little progress. While Danny G at AdPulp opined clients are blind to the people actually servicing their accounts. Kiss My Black Ads capped things off with a visual tribute to the correspondence.

You almost feel sorry for the clients. In February, the Association of National Advertisers received a request from the Association of Black-Owned Advertising Agencies for a meeting to talk about unfair business practices. Now the NAACP and Cyrus Mehri are demanding a powwow to discuss discrimination on Madison Avenue. At this point, advertisers are probably flinching every time they open the mailbox. Maybe they can just hold a joint conference call with all the unhappy parties.

Then again, no one should be surprised. The NAACP and Mehri announced their intentions to connect with advertisers last January. Everything is running on schedule. Too bad it conflicted with the recent celebrations over being named among the Top 50 Companies for Diversity® and the Top Ten Companies for Recruitment & Retention.

The NAACP and Mehri have stated relationships with multicultural agencies are irrelevant to the issue at hand. It’s time for advertisers to make their true feelings known—and back up the proclamations in their equal opportunity mantras and diversity advertisements. Or expose themselves as co-conspirators in the discrimination.

Given the state of the economy, advertisers cannot risk a possible consumer backlash or boycott. Diversity makes good business sense in more ways than ever.

Ultimately, this is on the advertising agencies. Will they allow their clients to take the heat for decades of industry inaction? Or will they step up and do the right thing the right way—and right now? Stay tuned.

6493: BHM 2009.

Must admit, did not love these ads at first. It’s a standard practice to commission Black artists for BHM. Will Kadir Nelson and Musiq Soulchild get work from Coke later in the year on a non-BHM assignment?

Anyway, Craig Brimm of Kiss My Black Ads made poignant and provocative comments on the series. Plus, check out this interview with Nelson.

And somebody please hire the artists for non-BHM assignments.

6468: Incontinent And Incompetent.

Kiss My Black Ads shits on a JWT diaper commercial. Check it out.

6339: Dance Lessons For Diversity.

Craig Brimm of Kiss My Black Ads visits Agency Spy to discuss dancing with the stars on Madison Avenue.

5989: Kiss My Black Ads Kicks Ads.

Craig Brimm of Culture Advertising Design—or Culture A.D.—in Atlanta has launched a blog featuring Black-related advertising and design. The hype reads, “This is an attempt to inspire and inform practitioners of multicultural advertising and graphic design.” Check out Kiss My Black Ads today.