British Vogue editor Edward Enninful racially profiled whilst entering his workplace

‘It just goes to show that sometimes it doesn’t matter what you’ve achieved in the course of your life: the first thing that some people will judge you on is the colour of your skin,’ Edward Enninful, notorious and very high skilled British Vogue editor wrote on Instagram.

Enninful has declared he was racially profiled after being told to “use the loading bay” by a security guard as he entered Vogue magazine’s offices.

Edward Enninful, who is black, has been the fashion magazine’s editor-in-chief since of the worldwide known magazine since 2017. He explained that the incident took place as he walked into his offices yesterday.

British Vogue editor Edward Enninful. Image credit Attitude, Photography: Damon Baker

“I was racially profiled by a security guard whilst entering my workplace. I was instructed to use the loading bay. Just because our timelines and weekends are returning to normal, we cannot let the world return to how it was. Change needs to happen now.”

Enninful, who was also awarded an OBE in 2016 (the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences) for his services to diversity in the fashion industry, said Conde Nast, which owns British Vogue, “moved quickly” to dismiss the security guard following the incident.

In an Instagram post to his one million followers, he said: “It just goes to show that sometimes it doesn’t matter what you’ve achieved in the course of your life: the first thing that some people will judge you on is the colour of your skin.”

British Vogue boss Edward Enninful tweeted about his upsetting experience. Image Credit: Twitter

It comes as a global movement demands equitable treatment for black people. The Black Lives Matter movement became galvanised after George Floyd became the latest in a long line of black people to be killed in police custody in the USA, with harrowing footage showing him pleading and in fear for his life while an officer knelt on his neck.

In the UK, the increased mainstream attention on the issue has led to a keener focus on longstanding claims of racial profiling by police and others, but Floyd’s brutal murder also inspired worldwide unrested protests which are calling out for the same, unfortunately still not obvious, cause: equality for every single human being.