More Than a Hashtag and 'Competitive' is Not a Salary Bracket

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