tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11279250.post2378684975790204417..comments2024-02-13T01:35:29.765-06:00Comments on MultiCultClassics: 13160: Diverted Diversity Discourse.HighJivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11372784671087002387noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11279250.post-12232349483896944302016-04-23T13:32:58.267-05:002016-04-23T13:32:58.267-05:00I'm not sure if the Rooney Rule is going to wo...I'm not sure if the Rooney Rule is going to work in advertising, having been through something like that myself in the industry. <br /><br />When you give frat bros the chance to determine who's hired (we all know HR is only there for the appearance of legality), and they're forced to look at or talk to a minority just for posterity's sake, the only thing that happens is the minority (10 times out of 10) expends energy and money to get to the final stages only to have frat bros hire frat bros. <br /><br />What you'll see is an uptick in people of color getting to talk to agencies, but the diversity hiring plan will default to frat bros hiring white sorority women if their hand is forced. Beer_Refugeenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11279250.post-47115511259531215952016-04-17T23:23:42.285-05:002016-04-17T23:23:42.285-05:004As talk, but nothing is going to come of it. They...4As talk, but nothing is going to come of it. They'll keep writing editorials and Tweeting about the "importance of diversity" but they'll never get behind releasing hiring numbers. <br /><br />Most likely thing to happen is they'll self-refer back to their own editorials on diversity, to show the industry's overall commitment to diversity. <br /><br />Beyond that? 4As will probably support 3% Conference to get gender (not ethnic) stats at individual agencies.<br /><br />It would be so easy for them to take a real stand and ask for hiring numbers, but the risk is that those numbers are as bad as what POC have been saying since the 1960s. <br /><br /> <br /><br />321plannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11279250.post-76400220568016055242016-04-16T02:34:10.644-05:002016-04-16T02:34:10.644-05:00Again, as usual, it's talk talk talk talk talk...Again, as usual, it's talk talk talk talk talk and no measurable goals or benchmarks. <br /><br />Until someone steps up to the plate and sets some actual numbers down, this is just more of the same. An organization / "leader" / agency / holding company (take your pick) blowing wind that wins them the SEMBLANCE of being a pro-diversity warrior (at least in the press), when NOTHING IS BEING DONE OR CHANGED AT ALL. Enough_TalkAlreadynoreply@blogger.com