Quote by Ava DuVernay: “When we're talking about equality, it's not a pie. You don't get less if I get more.”

This powerful metaphor challenges the misconception that equality is a zero-sum game, where one group's gain diminishes another's. It emphasizes that true equity expands opportunities for everyone, rather than redistributing a fixed amount.

Discussing issues of diversity and inclusion in Hollywood and society at large, pushing back against the idea that empowering marginalized groups takes away from the dominant ones during an interview for her documentary '13th'.

American filmmaker and the first Black woman to direct a film nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture, with Selma in 2015. She has used her production company ARRAY to distribute films by underrepresented filmmakers and is a persistent advocate for diversity in Hollywood.