From what I see, people of color are being called on in a different way. We're being heard in a different way - louder. And I think it's such an exciting time. The power structure is being redefined, and we're redefining beauty with the stories that we're telling and the women we're showing on our covers.
Interpretation
This quote reflects the shifting power dynamics and representation of people of color in media and society.
Elaine Welteroth highlights a significant cultural shift where voices and stories from people of color are gaining prominence and being recognized more loudly than before. She emphasizes the excitement of this moment as it not only challenges traditional power structures but also redefines beauty standards through the diverse narratives being shared and the representation of women on media platforms, such as magazine covers.
In practice
Use this quote in a discussion about diversity in media during a panel.
I read everything, but particularly, growing up in a household where my mom was black and my dad was white, I remember really loving 'Ebony' and 'Essence.' Those magazines were the only place where I could see images of women who looked like me or my mom.
Things bloosom in their time. They bud and bloom, blossom and fade. Everything in its time.
Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.
Of course it’s the apparently tranquil periods that deceive us. Though our instruments or our senses or our wits may not be able to see the processes that are leading toward these clusters of events, they’re happening. The star, the wheel, the butterfly—all are in a subtle state of unrest, waiting for the moment when some invisible mechanism signals that the time has come. Then the star explodes; the wheel makes poor men rich; the butterfly mates and dies.
I'm not interested in preserving the status quo; I want to overthrow it.
Global warming is not just the greatest environmental challenge facing our planet - it is one of our greatest challenges of any kind.
Someday, our children, and our children’s children, will look at us in the eye and they'll ask us, did we do all that we could when we had the chance to deal with this problem and leave them a cleaner, safer, more stable world?
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