The more I work in advertising, the more apparent that majority of companies (and my own colleagues) don’t know how to reach consumers like me. It’s absolutely tragic. (Cont’d)

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we are invisible don’t cha know ? then they tell us how to think so they feel better about their comfortable bias.

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Everyone assumes their “great idea” won’t fall apart. However, most ideas don’t include how POC will react.

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My agency is "transcultural mainstream" agency for one of our clients, but we have agency partners for black Asian and Latino markets. 👀

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Does anyone know of a place that gives the current or most recent numbers/percentages for the amount of POC in the industry now?

Is everyone from a big city or do we have some south and midwest represented??

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What’s the point of having multiple awards for “craft writing” if your agency only sees you as the translator?  🙄

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Counterpoint: I’m one of the few POC at a large agency and it’s really dope to be seen as an example of why agency diversity makes the work better. Any struggle outside of that is minor.

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I guess I’m officially being off boarded team doesn’t care no one has said anything … I’m a ball of nerves thankfully my old company wants me back — feeling so sad and angry and just incredibly nervous

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