Should celebrities, especially diverse ones, get involved with the political process, or is this a recipe for public cynicism and disengagement?
Is the Trump Administrations Platinum plan for Black Americans a good thing for business and the country, or is it simply an opportunistic election strategy that trolls the media in the process?
And in our “Courage or Cringe” section: Christian Cooper, better known as the “Central Park Birder,” a major ad agency and Starbucks all made very interesting diversity-inspired moves… some are fantastic, others fantastic failures. We’ll have a look…
Show Notes/Links:
Ice Cube’s - Contract w/ Black America
https://icecube.com/a-contract-with-black-america/ (https://icecube.com/a-contract-with-black-america/)
Trump’s Platinum Plan for Black Americans
https://cdn.donaldjtrump.com/public-files/press_assets/president-trump-platinum-plan-final-version.pdf (https://cdn.donaldjtrump.com/public-files/press_assets/president-trump-platinum-plan-final-version.pdf )
Courage or Cringe:
‘It’s a Bird’ Is a New Comic Written by Central Park Birder Christian Cooper
https://www.audubon.org/news/its-bird-new-comic-written-central-park-birder-christian-cooper (https://www.audubon.org/news/its-bird-new-comic-written-central-park-birder-christian-cooper )
Richards Group “Too Black” comments:
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/home-depot-drops-ad-agency-over-founders-too-black-comments/ (https://www.cbsnews.com/news/home-depot-drops-ad-agency-over-founders-too-black-comments/)
Starbucks Diversity Plan
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/food/2020/10/14/starbucks-coffee-diversity-inclusion-equity-plan/3650826001/ (https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/food/2020/10/14/starbucks-coffee-diversity-inclusion-equity-plan/3650826001/)
https://stories.starbucks.com/uploads/2020/10/SBUX20201008-2018-EEO-1-Consolidated-Report.pdf (https://stories.starbucks.com/uploads/2020/10/SBUX20201008-2018-EEO-1-Consolidated-Report.pdf)
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