tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11279250.post5383989541510987184..comments2024-02-13T01:35:29.765-06:00Comments on MultiCultClassics: 13713: Half-Assed Effort Via BBDO.HighJivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11372784671087002387noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11279250.post-59824614752412370492017-06-16T13:56:25.924-05:002017-06-16T13:56:25.924-05:00My question is, why are agencies like BBDO so will...My question is, why are agencies like BBDO so willing to launch and support effective schemes aimed at women NOW, while ignoring multiple pleas for meaningful help with ethnic diversity for decades and decades?<br /><br />I'm left with the feeling that some issues are worth their time, enthusiasm, energy and solutions, and others (like racism) simply aren't interesting or urgent enough. Questionnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11279250.post-86238791685152246872017-06-16T06:11:32.414-05:002017-06-16T06:11:32.414-05:00Well done Adrian and all at BBDO this is a great i...Well done Adrian and all at BBDO this is a great initiative it is aimed at all women it is not a matter of colour but of talent. Keep up the good work. That previous women is a MoronAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11279250.post-53749821186509856132017-06-16T02:53:55.724-05:002017-06-16T02:53:55.724-05:00What a load of rubbish I think that this is a grea...What a load of rubbish I think that this is a great initiative and BBDO should be praised for their efforts to help women of all creeds back to work. How can this be classed as a ethnic issue I am Afro Caribbean and this is not about race you stupid woman?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11279250.post-72098751108057737712017-06-15T19:17:56.665-05:002017-06-15T19:17:56.665-05:00The list of diversity issues that are more importa...The list of diversity issues that are more important to ad agencies than hiring anyone black or brown grows longer by the day.<br /><br />Funny how there are all these splashy, flashy initiatives all of a sudden benefiting women in general (and white women in particular scoop up all the prime opportunities) when no agency could be bothered to do the same for ethnic diversity for decades.<br /><br />It's also telling that when it comes to gender, the industry assumes that women (again, mostly white women) are so perfectly suited to advertising that initiatives must target mid career women, while ethnic initiatives, if they exist at all, must target high school students and interns that presumably must be taught what advertising is and which end of a spoon to hold before they're allowed near the pristine doors of the profession. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com