Diversity Quote by Jodie Turner-Smith

“People are making a lot more noise about representation and diversity. But I think modeling is one of the professions where people can be kind of racist.”

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So I was really excited when I came to America about meeting black people. But it was a huge culture shock, because I was…

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I think of L.A. as my home now, in large part because I became the entity that I am in L.A. I always say…

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There was this wave of people who were upset that I was possibly married to a white man.

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I didn't come to L.A. thinking, okay, I'm going to be an actor, so my progression was just kind of organic, starting in print…

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While I might not have a specific experience that is fully American, there is still a knowledge, something that I logically understand as a…

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We definitely experience racism in England and different levels of oppression as well. Anywhere affected by colonialism there's certain kinds of race relations and…

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I think about what I grew up seeing, what I didn't see growing up, and what it felt like when I did see someone…

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It's a very complicated relationship that I have with America. I love it so much. And I also see the places where it's flawed.

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When I first started in modeling, I went back to England, and it was really hard, because I would go around to the agencies…

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I am deeply moved by sculptures of powerful women.

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My family is Jamaican. We were just the slaves that were dropped off over there. And at the end of the day when you…

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I read the 'Nightflyers' novella and knowing that it was something that had been written by George R.R. Martin, knowing how those stories kind…

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