True sustainability looks like 👆🏽
🌎 80% of textile workers are Women of Colour.  We can’t talk about sustainable fashion without acknowledging the exploitation and lack of representation in the decision making positions from people who are the backbone of the industry.
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Did you know, the most common misconception about sustainable fashion is the narrative that the green movement is led by White people from the West? Most of the top brands including the ethical space, reflect this demographic in their marketing aesthetic, and in their office decision making.Â
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Diverse people omitted from the conversation and BIPOC voices represent tokenism.
Only centering BIPOC people as labourers, perpetuates the White saviour trope that centres the West at the forefront of tackling environmental and social injustice in fashion. However, many BIPOC cultures are sustainable by nature but their voices are not heard, resources are exploited and environments are destroyed for western co...
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