Does anyone else get exhausted fighting ignorant white people here on fishbowl who don't believe in diversity?

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It’s called Borrowed Interest. We made it honestly so other brown folk can just feel like they have family in this industry.

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Hence why I started a podcast, just to vent with other fellow Brown ad folk.

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Yes. It's the fucking worst.

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Junior Art - Jesus Christ yes. White people in general are exhausting. And I go between trying to thoughtfully instruct and just plain roasting them.

Art 1 - gonna listen right now and thank you in advance

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Diversity in advertising = white women

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OH MY GOD THIS ONE GUY JUST MADE A TAKE A KNEE JOKE I CANNOT ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!?!?!

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It's alone in the top

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JAD! My friend! We fight on, but this shit is exhausting... though it's probably because I'm just lazy. ;)

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Which post?

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I can't find the hr thread:(
Our hr is one Latino and one black woman. And 3 white dudes.

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The one where someone is asking why their HR is full of white women!

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Fcb chicago is all who're women and I think one white dude. Wouldn't know diversity if it sat in their lobby and asked for an interview

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Was at an event recently. Seems like advertising really only cares about diversity as it applies to white women. I think this industry wants to stay white.

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Comment out your city names and gender.

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"Why do we need diversity? We need the broadest amount of people saying 'that could be me.' Make them white. I don't want to keep having this conversation." - casting global TV spots

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New to Blore so looking for some good group of frnds to explore the place,eat, chill out and obviously good networking.

Posting in this app since most of us are in corporate & so we should vibe well. If anyone has such groups pls help to add or refer or if u have the same ideology , pls let me know we can create a group.

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I don't have any gender, judgmental or age bias. But some might have. For that note ,M 34 here.

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