'But as a middle-aged white man, it felt like my job was in danger and that's why we went to a lawyer.'Ī spokesman for Mr Jenner today added that he hoped the judgment would 'encourage more people to stand up to the 'Cancel Club'.' 'I remember feeling like I just had a target on my back. I remember thinking, if I was a black 24-year-old woman I'd be fine. 'I definitely agreed that there had to be a way to address the diversity issues, but I don't think it was gone about the right way. Mr Bayfield told MailOnline today: 'There is a part of me that feels guilty that these laws, that were put in place to protect minorities in the workplace as they should be, have protected a couple of middle-aged, straight, British men. But it is also right the judge found in our favour because it wasn't right. When Mr Bayfield, who made the famous Blackcurrant Tango 'St George' ad, and Mr Jenner expressed 'valid' concerns over the safety of their jobs, bosses reacted 'furiously' and took it as a 'challenge' to their new diversity drive, then made them redundant.
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Ms Wallace, who introduced herself as a gay woman, told the conference: 'One thing we all agree on is that the reputation JWT once earnt - as being full of white, British, privileged - has to be obliterated.'
Chas Bayfield (pictured above today) and Dave Jenner won a sex discrimination claim against JWT London after being fired in November 2018 for addressing concerns about job securityįemale creative director Jo Wallace, 44, jointly held a diversity conference called 'Crisis: The Mother of All Change'.