Gabrielle Union Urges Others<br />to Fight the 'Status Quo'.<br />Union recently alluded to her controversial<br />firing from ‘America’s Got Talent’ during a female<br />empowerment and inclusivity panel in New York. .<br />Don’t allow them to call you angry when<br />someone else is called passionate. It’s terrifying.<br />There’s a solid chance you’ll lose your job …<br />I speak from experience. , Gabrielle Union, via 'Variety'.<br />Union continued, urging people to fight<br />against the “bidding of the status quo” and<br />hold people accountable for their actions.<br />Do your best to try to hold the door open<br />and hold people responsible. Yeah, I’m asking<br />you to do the impossible … I’m fully aware that<br />job loss is on the table … but if you’re not<br />doing it, nobody is, Gabrielle Union, via 'Variety'.<br />She then spoke about being a<br />black woman in the industry<br />and the difficulty of choosing<br />authenticity or assimilation.<br />Being the chip in the cookie, you are always<br />in this situation where you are seeing things,<br />hearing things … and you’re presented with<br />a choice: what kind of chip am I going to be?<br />Are you going to assimilate and allow all of this<br />to go on? Or are you going to say something<br />and immediately be other-ed?, Gabrielle Union, via 'Variety'.<br />For Union, taking the lead and<br />refusing to be a “follower” is a<br />risky but necessary step forward. .<br />When you’re a follower, often you’re not being<br />led by the right person … I’d rather lead, even if<br />I don’t know where the hell I’m going … As long<br />as I have air in my lungs, I will always try to<br />cover us all and I will certainly try to center the<br />needs of the most marginalized, Gabrielle Union, via 'Variety'
