British Vogue editor in chief says he was racially profiled at work

Businesses may be reopening, but we should not let things go back to how they were. That was the message British Vogue editor in chief Edward Enninful shared to his followers on social media after he was racially profiled at work this week when he walked into his offices.Enninful has had the top job at the fashion mag since 2017, but when he went to work on July 15 a third-party security guard told him to use a different entrance. “Today I was racially profiled by a security guard whilst entering my work place,” he shared on Instagram and Twitter. “As I entered, 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.”

Today I was racially profiled by a security guard whilst entering my work place. As I entered, 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.

— Edward Enninful OBE (@Edward_Enninful) July 15, 2020

The security guard is currently under investigation by his employer, and in Enninful’s Instagram caption he revealed that publisher Condé Nast moved quickly to dismiss the security guard from the building. However, he noted the incident speaks to a larger, systemic problem. “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,” he added.