Two FIT Officials Were Put on Leave After the School Was Accused of Hosting a Racist Runway Show

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UPDATE: 2 FIT officials were put on leave after being accused of hosting a racist runway show. “Those in charge…failed to recognize or anticipate the racist references and cultural insensitivities that were obvious to almost everybody else.”

In a statement issued to students on Friday, February 21, New York's Fashion Institute of Technology announced that they have placed Mary Davis, Dean of the School of Graduate Studies, and Jonathan Kyle Farmer, Chair of the MFA Fashion Design Department on leave after allegations over a racist fashion show. According to the, FIT president Dr. Joyce F. Brown informed students that a law firm had been hired to investigate the fashion show in question.

"We cannot expect our community to trust us without a full examination of how this came about,” Brown wrote in the email obtained by the. “Those in charge of and responsible for overseeing the show failed to recognize or anticipate the racist references and cultural insensitivities that were obvious to almost everybody else.”

With regard to Junkai Hunag, the designer of the collection itself, Brown's email continued, "It also appears — based upon information available — that the styling and accessorizing used in the show were provided to him rather than chosen at his discretion. Junkai has said, and his thesis notes and sketches support, that the collection he designed and produced was not aimed at invoking or provoking racial implications.

 

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Smh

I don’t know about them mocking anyone I just think is looks ridiculous

Black features? I don’t see it. I see rich white features with the over doing it with lip injections maybe. Was it the black ears? Cause I dunno if anyone has ever noticed but white folks have the biggest ears. My grandpas ears and every one of my uncles got ears like that.

The blacker the berry the sweeter the juice! Really!

People should really ask the question! Who does this offend! Black folks really! Who's skin is thicker!

Oh please. Stop this crap.

pheeonuh

They “failed to recognize....”. Are they breathing?

I think they were makeing fun of barrak muslim obama not african american

Liberal Elites are the racist.

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