Unless you change how you are, you will always have what you've got.
Jim RohnRead
If you put one model in a show or in an ad campaign, that doesn't solve the problem. We need teachers in universities. We need internships. We need people of different ethnic backgrounds in all parts of the industry. That really is the solution: you have to change it from the inside.
Interpretation
What this quote means
True change in representation requires systemic reform and inclusion at all levels.
Edward Enninful's quote emphasizes that merely showcasing diversity through models in advertisements is not sufficient to address the deep-rooted issues of representation in the industry. Instead, he argues that meaningful change necessitates a comprehensive approach that includes diverse educators, internships, and inclusion of individuals from varied ethnic backgrounds in all facets of the industry, advocating for reform from within for sustainable progress.
Themes
DiversityInclusionRepresentationEducationEthnic BackgroundsIndustry Reform
In practice
Example use cases
In a conference on diversity in the workplace, this quote could be used to highlight the importance of systemic change.
Similar quotes
You have had many sadnesses, large ones, which passed. ... But please, ask yourself whether these large sadnesses haven't rather gone right through you [that is, passed through you]. Perhaps many things inside you have been transformed; perhaps somewhere, someplace deep inside your being, you have undergone important changes while you were sad.
Rainer Maria RilkeRead
For a while she considered being ill, but she changed her mind.
Tove JanssonRead
People don't want to experience change; they just want to wake up, and it's different.
Chadwick BosemanRead
The more time you spend in your discomfort zone, the more your comfort zone will expand.
Robin SharmaRead
We cannot 'fix' the police without a revolution of values and radical change to the basic structure of our society.
Michelle AlexanderRead