Anti-immigration sentiments, separating families at the border, the ongoing DACA debate, the Charlottesville rally, and hate crimes on the rise - a series of grim and unsettling … read moreevents in the US gave Los Angeles-based independent shop Dailey great pause. Dailey’s creative team, led by ECD Marcus Wesson, decided to take a stand and develop WhatDiversityGivesUs.com, an in-house-created web site, to counter this disturbing trend. The What Diversity Gives Us site asks a simple question, “What have [blank] done for America anyway?” Filling in the blank generates a curated list that highlights the contributions of various ethnic groups and other underrepresented identities to American culture, medicine, science, entertainment and nearly every facet of society. For example, searching 'Mexicans' yields contributions including the artificial heart, e-books and popcorn. Searching 'Muslims' results in surgery, chess and YouTube. Each contribution is linked to a source web site. The site includes a link to the ACLU, encouraging visitors to take action and donate.
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