Naomi Campbell: Apartheid Refusal
on Wednesday, May 22, 2019Naomi Campbell Money Quote saying there is no way that companies that support hateful policies can be supported in any way by those with a conscience. Naomi Campbell said:
“I’ve been offered jobs by companies that supported apartheid many times in the 25 years of my modeling career, but I have never taken one of them. I have to refuse that money, because I’m not going to work against my people. They’ve suffered enough” — Naomi Campbell
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In this quote, Naomi Campbell is explaining that throughout her 25-year modeling career, she has rejected job offers from companies that supported apartheid in South Africa. Even though turning down such opportunities meant losing money, Campbell felt she could not “work against my people” by promoting brands that profited from or aided the racist apartheid system.