We don't want anyone to feel like it's not their game because of their appearance or skin color. If we felt like we were making a difference, we would be devastated.
The England team won the Euros this summer thanks to the leadership of the captain.
The tournament broke attendance records and showed how much women's football has grown in the last five years.
The ethnic diversity of the squad sparked a more difficult discussion about the lack of progression.
The number of black, Asian and minority ethnic players in an England team for a major tournament has decreased in the past few years.
None of the three mixed heritage players were part of the Euro 22 squad.
The lack of diversity within the squad is an important issue and we are all aware of it. We can't change it right now.
The players have asked what the higher powers are doing to address the lack of representation in women's football.
The diversity of the game needs to be better so that we don't lose it.
There were only two non-white players in England's World Cup squad. The men's World Cup squad the year before had 12 players from the 23.
The pool of black, Asian and minority ethnic players in women's football is much smaller than in men's football.
It is thought that the proportion of players in the Women's Super League is less than in the premier league.
Baroness Sue Campbell, the Football Association's director of women's football, said the issue is related to accessibility.
It is not inclusive. She said at the time that it wasn't diverse enough and we knew it.
Nearly two years on, Baroness Campbell told BBC Sport the FA is making "good headway" with its new Discover My Talent programme, set up in partnership with the EFL Trust.
"That's people going into those inner-city areas that football clubs don't reach," she said.
The lack of diversity in women's football has been a topic of discussion for years.
She said that she sees a lot of deprivation. There are a lot of young children who don't have an opportunity. I think everyone does, even though I feel like I have a responsibility to speak about it.
If young girls want to play football, they should be able to go to an academy.
I won't say that I feel any hardship. I feel like I have a responsibility to push for change because I'm white, I have a massive privilege, and I want to see more people of color playing football. You need to see it to believe it.
When she was a child, she played in the youth teams ofLeeds United. She said that watching the England team at the Euros reminded her of when she was a young player.
There was only one black girl in the squad. I was not made to feel good.
It reminded me of playing football there. She said that it was similar to the England women's team at university.
During her first year at the club, no other players talked to her, but she continued to play out of her love for the game.
She says the sport is less relevant for girls of colour due to fewer players.
I don't know if I should look at the England women's team and think this is me. I don't get my inspiration at that location.
There were many black women in France. She said that it made her warmer to them.
The team reached out to the player to learn more about the issues she faced.
In order to ensure inclusion is at the heart of everything the club does, we have worked closely with the team and staff, as well as educating those within the club and the community.
One of the barriers to better diversity is the accessibility of training and matches.
In 2020, Kay Cossington, the FA's head of women's player development and talent, told She Kicks magazine thatclusivity was compromised as they tried to turn more professional.
A lot of the black, Asian and minority ethnic players from big cities were travelling two or three hours to get to training because of the reduction in the number of centers.
Aman Dosanj was a goalkeeper at the academy. She was the first British South- Asian player to play for England.
She says she was called a racial slur while she was playing.
Regardless of whether you are on a football pitch or away from it, our race enters a room before we do.
Many parents are scared of putting their kids in that environment.
It's not just a thing of the past. The FA apologized to the England players for the racist comments made by the England women's coach. The case made headlines for a long time.
"For young girls from similar background watching that, they would probably be discouraged to have seen the negative impact it had on those individuals and also the actions at the time."
It's not going to have a positive image or impact on young people if they see a lack of support for someone who is being discriminated against.
Baroness Campbell believes the FA has addressed the cultural issues within coaching.
We want to make sure that the culture is welcoming and respectful of different people from different walks of life. We've done a lot of training for coaches.
She said that they were getting it right and that they were very vigilant if it wasn't.
Dosanj says it's important that people don't solely focus on cultural barriers when discussing the lack of representation.
We aren't a monolith." The household is going to be different.
Many people look at the under-representation of something and they always try to look at the fault in the group. Asians are too frail. They only pay attention to education and religion.
We need to look at what's wrong with the system instead of looking at what's wrong in a group. The system is flawed. She said that anti-racism is a practice and that they are educating themselves about it.
"We've now got nearly three times the reach we used to have with regional talent centers," said Baroness Campbell.
You can't say that the issues are the issues. You need to begin at the bottom.
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