Chicken and Eggs Story

Growing up, I had a difficult time identifying with someone who looked like me and who also did ‘cool stuff´. Well, apart from my amazing mama.

She encouraged me to do as many things as I wanted, so I was writing all the time, playing tennis, I was also into music. Yet, the reality is that these are fields where you do not see many people of colour represented.

This is the chicken and eggs story – yes there are less people present in these fields which may explain why they are underrepresented – but it is also because of this underrepresentation that people of colour lose the motivation to be in these fields! You see the loop? No. I do not see this as taking away an opportunity from another. I see this as giving opportunities to people who have been struggling more than others have – let it be women, people of colour, people from the LGBTI community.

I am very proud of being a black woman. What I want is to present other black women or other people from minorities, with a positive representation. So what we do through our podcast is – finding examples of success stories from women of colour, who have not necessarily made it to mainstream media. We want to give them visibility so that others anywhere in Europe or the world, can relate to them. This is not something that I had, when growing up.

Sarah works on promotional campaigns for the EU and also co-created, alongside Sara (the not so angry feminist*) a podcast about representation and allyship called Vocalaboutit.

Photo and story by @soundous.boualam