))
More Than a Hashtag and 'Competitive' is Not a Salary Bracket
Manage episode 347760864 series 3418832
Content provided by Rebecca Roberts & Harriet Small, Rebecca Roberts, and Harriet Small. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by Rebecca Roberts & Harriet Small, Rebecca Roberts, and Harriet Small or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://player.fm/legal.
In this episode, we discuss why online activism is not where the action stops. What role do we have as PR and Communications professionals to change the narrative and breakdown racist rhetoric in society? Following the massacre in Atlanta on March 16, the conversation about racism, particularly to east and south Asian communities, has been ignited, with the hashtag #StopAsianHate but it has to be more than an online gesture. For our 5 minutes, we talk about the problems associated with using ‘competitive, as a salary disclosure.
Racist anti-Asian hashtags spiked after Trump first tweeted ‘Chinese virus,’ study finds https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/03/19/trump-tweets-chinese-virus-racist/
My allies never post Black squares by Harriet Small Okot https://www.futureproofingcomms.co.uk/thelatest/fp4-chapter04
“I’ve Experienced The Insidious Chill Of Casual Racism”: Why The #StopAsianHate Hashtag Is So Important by Andrea Cheong https://www.vogue.co.uk/arts-and-lifestyle/article/stop-asian-hate-hashtag
This Is What Anti-Asian Hate Looks Like in the UK By Angela Hui https://www.vice.com/en/article/4adzeb/anti-asian-hate-crimes-uk
Asian Americans reported 3,800 hate-related incidents during the pandemic, report finds https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/mar/16/asian-americans-hate-incidents-pandemic-study
There’s only so much pain the Asian community can swallow before we realise we’re drowning, Yang Tian https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/mar/22/theres-only-so-much-pain-the-asian-community-can-swallow-before-we-realise-were-drowning
Caroline Flack: Her Life and Death https://www.channel4.com/programmes/caroline-flack-her-life-and-death
Comm2Point0 Job descriptions
https://comms2point0.co.uk/comms2point0/2018/2/6/comms-team-20-job-description-a-new-download
Is your job description the barrier?https://comms2point0.co.uk/comms2point0/2020/7/18/is-your-job-description-the-barrier
Find Rebecca:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/rebecca7roberts
https://twitter.com/threadandfable
Linkedin: Rebecca Roberts
Website: https://threadandfable.com/
Podcast: The Hear It podcast @hearitpodcast
Find Harriet:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/HarrietSmallies
Linkedin: Harriet Small
Website: https://www.commsoveracoffee.com
65 episodes
Share
