• Selita Ebanks interviewed Bethann Hardison for Document Journal to chat about her career, her work with the Diversity Coalition, and of course, what’s next for the famed fashion activist. Hardison discusses the challenges she’s faced in trying to bring more color to the runways and fashion magazines, even with those industry professionals who consider themselves liberals. “People think they’re so liberal. But liberalism can be borderline racist! It can be very subtle: sway and sway and you’re not standing straight anymore,” she said. “And so I thought to myself: this will help the industry, because the industry is flatlining. We got people talking about the issue. I loved seeing everybody truly step up to say: okay, we’re gonna help, we’re gonna co-sponsor things and put a panel discussion together on diversity and have the industry come in at a breakfast like they did with the ELLE initiative. And never in the history of our industry have brown girls had such success at being booked into fashion advertising as they do now!” Of course, there is so much more work to be done, but Hardison is an industry vet, so she’s seen the improvements in real time. Here’s to seeing more people of all races and nationalities on the runway! (Document Journal)
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