Lack of diversity in ‘Mad Men’ still exists
Howard Robertson
Howard L. Robertson is president and CEO of TRUST Marketing & Communications, Spotset Media Network and ODE Audio.
In creative spaces it seems better to employ white people capable of appropriating black vernacular, style and originality in ads. But of course, the dearth of black people “has nothing to do with race.”
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