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Op-Ed | How to Fight Anti-Black Racism in Fashion Schools

At the fashion school where I am chair, I learned firsthand how fashion education undermined Black students. Here’s what we’re doing about it.
Fashion communication students Vanessa Smikle and Nadia Ebrahim preparing for Ryerson University’s graduating fashion show, which is produced by the Fashion Promotion class, in 2017. Arthur Mola.
Fashion communication students Vanessa Smikle and Nadia Ebrahim preparing for Ryerson University’s graduating fashion show in 2017. Arthur Mola. (Arthur Mola)

This year has put another pandemic front and centre in fashion schools: anti-Black racism.

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