Lack of diversity in ‘Mad Men’ still exists
Howard Robertson
Howard Robertson is a marketing and media executive with more than 53 years of experience in the record, radio, TV and technology industries. He is founder and CEO of Trust Marketing in Memphis, TN.
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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