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CANNES, France—In a spirited, often-funny panel called "Creativity Is the Only Way to Survive" here today, comedians Rob Delaney, Rashida Jones and Keegan-Michael Key tackled issues related to black and biracial people in entertainment. And at one point, they addressed advertising directly.
Delaney, who is white, proclaimed to have a solution for TV spots that carefully, and sometimes awkwardly, cast a token person from various ethnic groups. A better approach to diversity? "Just have a black person write the commercial and see what happens," he said.
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