*British Vogue editor Edward Enninful took to social media on Wednesday to detail how he was racially profiled at work.
Enninful, who has served as editor-in-chief of the fashion magazine since 2017, said he was told to “use the loading bay” by a security guard as he entered work on July 15, per bbc.com.
In an Instagram post, he said Conde Nast, which owns British Vogue, “moved quickly” to dismiss the security guard, but Edward noted that “change needs to happen now”.
“Today I was racially profiled by a security guard whilst entering my work place,” he wrote. “As I entered, I was instructed to use the loading bay. Just because our timelines and weekends are returning to normal, we cannot let the world return to how it was.”
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In a separate post to his one million Instagram followers, he said: “It just goes to show that sometimes it doesn’t matter what you’ve achieved in the course of your life: the first thing that some people will judge you on is the colour of your skin.”
Meanwhile, when Enninful accepted an industry award for his work at the magazine, he said: “It would be disingenuous of me not to point out that I am the first black person to ever win this award – the first black person in 40 years.”
He added, “Diversity is making its way into our commissioning and on to our pages. But what about inside our workplaces? Who are we hiring? Who are we nurturing? Who are we promoting? How do our office environments treat people? Who is allowed to get to the top?”
Check out his full IG post above about his latest experience with racial discrimination.
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