Posted By Dominic on July 10, 2008 in Leadership Blog |
Even on the cosmopolitan streets of London we still find it difficult to have open conversations about race.
Yet every now and again there is an event that puts race at the top of the agenda across all the media.
Usually the spark that lights the tinderbox is a tragedy; from Stephen Lawrence and Damilola Taylor to the increasing levels of knife and gun crime amongst inner city gangs.
But sometimes it can take an issue that is far less clear cut; a story that becomes difficult to take sides and requires a little longer to reflect.
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Posted By Dominic on July 8, 2008 in Leadership Blog |
In the July issue of Italian Vogue only black models have been used as a reaction to recent anger over the reluctance of fashion magazines to feature black models on their covers, with the levels of exposure for black women among the lowest since the 1960s.
Back in the late Nineties during my time at IPC media, if we put a black artist on the cover of NME or Melody Maker it was invariably followed by a drop in sales of about 50%.
It appears to still be a problem today with Vogue admitting they are expecting perhaps their worst sales figures ever as a consequence of their choice to use black models solely for the issue.
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