Attorney and Diverse Representation founder Jaia Thomas presented a two-part panel discussion for writers of color at Culver City's Blackbird House, addressing issues commonly faced when entering the business
, moderated a conversation with talent managers DC Wade , Jermaine Johnson and DaVida Chanel Smith , who offered career advice, including on how to protect your work, how to seek representation – and how torepresentation. "If your manager isn't excited about you," Wade explained, don't be afraid to cut the cord.
While Wade encouraged the attendees to be proactive and prolific with ideas and content and to avoid inflexibility and lack of initiative, Smith said that she delights in scribes who are tenacious and willing to rework ideas from a healthy sense of constructive criticism. She added that talent who acknowledge the level of connectivity in the talent-manager relationship is vital: "Some of my clients forget that we are a team.
Myers said that he faced criticisms as a black man in the finance industry, but "as long as I [was] performing well, my color didn't matter. The only color that mattered was green."
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