tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11279250.post9075186646294400573..comments2024-02-13T01:35:29.765-06:00Comments on MultiCultClassics: 13015: Surveying And Devolving Diversity.HighJivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11372784671087002387noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11279250.post-51654108884121587692016-01-18T00:52:13.032-06:002016-01-18T00:52:13.032-06:00I keep going back to that LinkedIn or whatever exp...I keep going back to that LinkedIn or whatever experiment, where someone randomly pulled 500 advertising agency people in the US together, and it was 99% white. Anybody got a link?<br /><br />If you assemble a pool of 500 ad people and 1 or 2 of them are black, that's about par for the course. That's how small the US ad world's sense of diversity is. <br /><br />So to ask Ad Age to grab 400 ad agency LEADERS and expect them to care about diversity? Nah, statistically speaking. Only 1 of them will be black and if they do speak up about diversity, that's traditionally a one way ticket to not being hireable in the future.<br /><br />It's going to take brands speaking up, or consumers speaking up, because the ad agencies cannot and will not discuss it themselves (unless talking about more opportunities for white women, that's already being done).youngunnogunnoreply@blogger.com