"An Open Letter to Ad Agencies: If Black Lives Really Matter, Then Show Us Your Receipts" by Christopher Boulton

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An Open Letter to Ad Agencies: If Black Lives Really Matter, Then Show Us Your Receipts

Ad Age (2020)

Christopher Boulton, University of Tampa

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Abstract

The U.S advertising industry has discriminated against Black talent for decades. Here’s how white leaders can open up their books and make reparations.

Keywords

advertising,
racism

Disciplines

Race, Ethnicity and Post-Colonial Studies,
Gender, Race, Sexuality, and Ethnicity in Communication and
Public Relations and Advertising

Publication Date

Summer July 2, 2020

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Ad Age, is a global media brand that publishes news, analysis, and data on marketing and media. Its namesake magazine, Advertising Age, was started as a broadsheet newspaper in Chicago in 1930.

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Christopher Boulton. "An Open Letter to Ad Agencies: If Black Lives Really Matter, Then Show Us Your Receipts" Ad Age (2020)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/chris_boulton/29/

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