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Originally Posted by DNSB
I actually found that article in the Guardian to be rather humourous. Hmmm... the top two groups were 76% of the respondents self-identified as white and 7% of the respondents self-identified as Asian/Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander. Not to mention the "encouraging numbers in the intern section" where 49% of interns self-identified as "black, indigenous or people of colour".
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Humorous is that a lot of those internships are unpaid or summer jobs and tbe rest are ridiculously underpaid. Interships in corporate publishing are about building connections and establishing name recognition for future careers as agents or securing 6-7 figure author advances.
Even more humorous is that the spread doesn't really have anything to do with race but class. If instead of race the survey asked about educational background the result would be close to 100% IVY LEAGUE. They really do want to change their racial makeup, hence all the handwringing, but they have zero interest in bringing in people from outside their own background. Too much risk of getting exposed to people from other sensibilities.It might change corporate culture.
It's a very parochial culture with no interest in changing.