--- title: "3 Lauren Wesley Wilson Quotes" description: "Lauren Wesley Wilson has 3 quotes on SMS4Smile. Browse their most insightful sayings." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-lauren-wesley-wilson-81967.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Lauren Wesley Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-lauren-wesley-wilson-81967.jpg) # Lauren Wesley Wilson **3** quotes in **11** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet ## Quotes 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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-wesley-wilson/women-of-color-are-called-on-to-fix-the-racial-disparities-in-their/) Lauren Wesley Wilson [Change](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/change/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/43c/lauren-wesley-wilson-81967_change_women-of-color-are-called-on-to-fix-the_62442.jpg) > [“Organisations are scrambling, and they assume DEI (Diversity, equity and inclusion) won't bring in revenue, so they give it the smallest budget.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-wesley-wilson/organisations-are-scrambling-and-they-assume-dei-diversity-equity-and/) Lauren Wesley Wilson [Diversity-and-inclusion](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/diversity-and-inclusion/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dc8/lauren-wesley-wilson-81967_diversity-and-inclus_organisations-are-scrambling-and-they-as_2118970.jpg) > [“No one wants to be surprised or shot down, especially in a group setting. So the person who needs an answer, if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-wesley-wilson/no-one-wants-to-be-surprised-or-shot-down-especially-in-a-group/) Lauren Wesley Wilson [Behind the scenes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/behind-the-scenes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d14/lauren-wesley-wilson-81967_behind-the-scenes_no-one-wants-to-be-surprised-or-shot-dow_3108200.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-wesley-wilson/#itemlist", "name": "Lauren Wesley Wilson Quotes", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“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. 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