I like the message but it is awkwardly presented and imo putting it on a poster withot a good explanation might put people off. I think if you’re put off then you’re participating in racism and denial of the effects of racism - but that doesn’t mean it shouldn’t try not to put people off who might be receptive with a proper explanation.
It’s all good to have positive role models but I have no doubts my children and likely any grandchildren will still face job discrimination, still face racism. Are the positive role models meant to be for us or for white people? If they’re for poc it doesn’t really challenge the problem we all face, that is, white privilege and racism. A black role model does little for me who is from a tiny tiny minority in terms of ethnic and linguistic background (except in some cases like as a child I thought all politicians in the UK were white, and having anyone on w poster would have been pretty amazing) and while representstion is very important, it is often to difficult to achieve: there are some very good reasons why poc might not enter certain professions as much, or might not achieve fame or win nobel prizes as much, because of racism and its social, educational and economic effects.
It is very healthy for us to consider our privileges. It makes it equal. A ‘positive’ campaign would have to ignore the disadvantages poc face (discrimination based on name, black men being feared, or followed around shops, implicit bias in interviews, general insensitivty. Someone who is black in the U.K. is likely to come from a country shaped by colonialism or slavery, someone who is south Asian comes from w region economically destroyed by the British empire, these all cause generational disruption and damage, and it’s important to acknowledge that imo). It would also put the pressure on us, as minorities. As if positive role models mean we can safely avoid racism? Or the economic disadvantage we might be more likely to be born into?
If people considered their privilege, it might reduce implicit bias and subconscious bias. In the same way I don’t think a man can not be actively sexist if they don’t realise they live in a patriarchical society where men largely benefit the most. It’s importsnt for me to acknowledge the many privileges I have (someone who is not learning disabled, has no mobility problems, speaks English, was born with British citizenship with a loving mother, has no experience of mental illness, chronic illness). That includes the privilege I have in terms of skin colour due to colourism, for example.