tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11279250.post3856432357059415110..comments2024-02-13T01:35:29.765-06:00Comments on MultiCultClassics: 13381: Changing Livers With Diversity.HighJivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11372784671087002387noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11279250.post-85000294126712098232016-10-04T20:18:03.712-05:002016-10-04T20:18:03.712-05:00Madison Ave has taught me that it's relatively...Madison Ave has taught me that it's relatively easy to be a person of color and work in advertising if you are:<br /><br />A professional athlete<br />A rapper<br />A musician<br />An actor<br />Born somewhere exotic outside America and get a visa to come to the USA as an adult<br /><br /><br /> Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11279250.post-40700842905466149512016-10-04T12:29:18.113-05:002016-10-04T12:29:18.113-05:00No diversity in advertising you say?
But look the...No diversity in advertising you say?<br /><br />But look they just made ASAP Rocky a CD for MTV Labs!<br /><br />MTV and Viacom Velocity have named A$AP Rocky as creative director for MTV Labs, the creative incubator developed in partnership with the Harlem-born rapper. In this role, Rocky and his creative team, known as AWGE, will have access to the company's cross-platform production capabilities to create original content; experiment with new formats and existing MTV IP; and develop branded content for advertisers in partnership with Viacom Velocity.<br /><br />http://adage.com/article/creative-movers/aaa/306131/<br /><br />See folks, all POC have to do is get really rich and famous doing something else (Athlete, Actor, Rapper) then Adland will embrace us with open arms.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11279250.post-50710379388573098532016-10-04T12:02:50.100-05:002016-10-04T12:02:50.100-05:00Can we get to the bottom of this "Diversity o...Can we get to the bottom of this "Diversity of Thought" thing? <br /><br />I know there's one specific consultant in particular who's driving it at the holding company level, and charging a boatload of money to "train" ad agencies in it, but is there a reason that all of his minions are writing these empty editorials?<br /><br />I get the reason for Diversity of Thought workshops (good lawsuit protection, doing the bare minimum to keep people suing away), but why a string of editorials that don't really say anything solid? Is it like a requirement of the consultant's class or something, like the culmination of the workshop?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com