“The industry was slow to include other black people in other aspects of the fashion and beauty industry.

The fashion industry pirates blackness for profit while excluding black people and preventing them from monetizing their talents.”

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In addition, the first Black woman to be on a cover in Vogue is using this time of reckoning to demand that the industry, especially publications housed at Conde Nast, be more inclusive in who is in front of and behind the camera.

Looking specifically at Anna Wintour, who recently emailed her apologizing for her past treatment of Black employees, Johnson wants her to be held accountable for being what’s stemying change in the industry.

“The ‘Beverly Johnson Rule’ would require at least two Black professionals to be meaningfully interviewed for influential positions.