'Chinese virus' and other COVID-19 racism have designers, stylists of Asian heritage pushing back

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'Chinese virus' and other COVID-19 racism have designers, stylists of Asian heritage pushing back
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A recent study found during the seven-week period from March 19 to April 30 there were 1,716 reported incidents of coronavirus-related attacks directed at Asian Americans.

, an L.A. nonprofit organization formed to empower Asians. The annual list recognizes the 100 Asians, Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders who have the most significance on American culture.

Fashion designers of various ethnic backgrounds have been increasingly vocal about social issues they feel passionately about. Many are putting their views into their runway presentations and closing shows with provocative statements strewn across models’ finale looks or their own T-shirts.Models walk the runway for Prabal Gurung during New York Fashion Week: The Shows at Gallery I at Spring Studios on Sept. 8, 2019 in New York.

“I definitely do not fit into the model minority,” Lim said. “The model of America, what America is, is a belief system, not a physical appearance. We’re all an equal, collective conscience who have the will to fight for what’s right — to me, that’s the model minority — fighting for each other.”

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