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title: "2 Diversity-and-inclusion Quotes By Lauren Wesley Wilson"
description: "2 Diversity-and-inclusion quotes by Lauren Wesley Wilson. Plus more from Lauren Wesley Wilson and more Diversity-and-inclusion sayings from other authors."
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> [“Women of color are called on to fix the racial disparities in their companies, and it's a huge and exhausting undertaking, especially because it's ultimately not the people of color who still create the change. The workers in the majority…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-wesley-wilson/women-of-color-are-called-on-to-fix-the-racial-disparities-in-their/)

Lauren Wesley Wilson

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> [“Organisations are scrambling, and they assume DEI (Diversity, equity and inclusion) won't bring in revenue, so they give it the smallest budget. Then they allocate what little DEI money they do have to programs and events concerning hiring rather than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-wesley-wilson/organisations-are-scrambling-and-they-assume-dei-diversity-equity-and/)

Lauren Wesley Wilson

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## Other authors on Diversity-and-inclusion

- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-abhijit-naskar-99.jpg) Abhijit Naskar 19 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/diversity-and-inclusion/abhijit-naskar/)
- [Sara Taylor 11 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/diversity-and-inclusion/sara-taylor/)
- [Louis Yako 10 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/diversity-and-inclusion/louis-yako/)

## More by Lauren Wesley Wilson

> [“Women of color are called on to fix the racial disparities in their companies, and it's a huge and exhausting undertaking, especially because it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-wesley-wilson/women-of-color-are-called-on-to-fix-the-racial-disparities-in-their/)

Lauren Wesley Wilson

> [“Organisations are scrambling, and they assume DEI (Diversity, equity and inclusion) won't bring in revenue, so they give it the smallest budget. Then they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-wesley-wilson/organisations-are-scrambling-and-they-assume-dei-diversity-equity-and/)

Lauren Wesley Wilson

> [“No one wants to be surprised or shot down, especially in a group setting. So the person who needs an answer, if they are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-wesley-wilson/no-one-wants-to-be-surprised-or-shot-down-especially-in-a-group/)

Lauren Wesley Wilson

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