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urging her peers to "do more" than simply post a black square in their feed or say they'll "do better."
In the five-minute video, Joan called out her industry for their disappointing response to the Black Lives Matter movement, especially following. “You have continually let us down with your insensitivity and tone-deafness and the damage control apologies of, ‘We will do better,'" she said. "You fall short trying to narrate our stories by toning us down or having them curated by people who haven’t walked or lived a day in our shoes.
"What I do need is recognition of the systematic issues — the issues that arise from top to bottom within the industry. From photographers not wanting to shoot me because 'There's no need to shoot a black girl' to the magazines, brands, and agencies who continue to work with people of that mindset, to the stylists and casting directors not willing to treat us fairly and give us a chance. The list goes on, yet you, the industry, continue to employ them.
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