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Op-Ed | Fashion Is Part of the Race Problem

Racism is firmly entrenched in the fashion industry, argue Jason Campbell and Henrietta Gallina.
The front row at a Paris Fashion Week show | Source: Getty Images
By
  • Jason Campbell,
  • Henrietta Gallina

In the wake of the killing of George Floyd at the hands of the police, protests have swept the United States. Social activist Tamika Mallory, speaking on Saturday at a Minneapolis rally, declared that black America was “in a state of emergency.” That rally cry reflects the extreme level of racism that has held black people down for centuries under oppressive systems geared to politically disenfranchise, socio-economically enslave and culturally — even physically — eradicate us.

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