pjmedia.com By Scott Pinsker
About 20-ish years ago, NFL quarterback Mike Vick became my second big-name PR client. (This was BEFORE the dogfighting scandal, thank you very much.) And I’d love to tell you that I got the gig because I’m so smart, clever, and hard-working… but it wouldn’t be true.
I got hired because: A) I’m a white person; B) I’m male; and C) I’m not a total pain in the [arse].
A black female named Dee, whom I worked with on a different PR assignment — who was also older, more experienced, better educated, and far more qualified than me — told me point-blank that she tried to sign Vick on her own, but failed: His peeps insisted on being represented by a white male…
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