Interested in your thoughts: The ad industry has about 655,000 ppl (2016) of that only 4.1% are AA. A drop from 6.6% (2014) and also a drop in total from 685,000 ppl. Do we see an increase in AA for this industry? Why the departure from the industry? What is preventing us from getting into positions to impact more AAs in leadership roles?

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It is up to each and every one of us to make sure that we change this situation. I am a woman and a minority and have made it a point to mentor and hire a diverse team - sometimes you need to push recruitment teams to do the right thing

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This industry has the ability to make one feel like a fish out of water. And some people, like myself, are getting tired of having to “check my blackness at the door” ... yes, someone suggested it to me

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African American or Asian American? Either way there's multiple factors. Racial bias in the hiring process, people hire people they can be friends with period. If we have leaders who aren't multicultural or have a wide friend group calling the shots so AAs don't make it past the interview stage if they even get to that.

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It would be interesting to see the % of total non-whites

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Gender diversity is equally important too

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