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#StopAsianHate: Designer Prabal Gurung Goes Viral With His Beautiful Message Of Support

Culture Mar 18, 2021

by Hina P. Ansari

In support of our Asians brothers and sisters who have been subject to horrendous racial violence, New York designer Prabal Gurung sent out a simply beautiful Instagram post which went viral.

New York Designer Prabal Gurung expressed his solidarity with the Asian community across the U.S. and beyond in his own unique way: by sharing a beautiful illustration by artist @roghacheva_illustration featuring a woman wearing a mask wit “Hate Is A Virus” emblazoned on it.

It’s another voice added to the global outcry of the horrendous rate of racial-based violence that has been propagated on the Asian community across the U.S. and Canada. The concerns were heightened when the news of racist murders of the eight people in Atlanta which included six Asian women.

**#StopAsianHate: Designer Prabal Gurung Goes Viral With His Beautiful Message Of Support: Gurung’s instagram post which went viral.** Photo Credit: www.instagram.com

At the start of COVID-19 the FBI issued a warning that there may be a rise of hate crimes towards Asians. Late last year United Nations also released a report detailing “an alarming level” of hate crimes against Asians.

This year hate crimes have escalated across the United States catching the attention of New York Police as well as those in California where Asians make up for 15% of the population, the largest in the country. California has had an alarming rise of Anti-Asian hate crimes. According to the BBC “March to May 2020 alone, over 800 COVID-related hate incidents were reported from 34 counties in the state, according to a report released by the Asian Pacific Policy Planning Council.”

Here is Prabal’s full message:

“Yes, we are grieving, and we want you to grieve with us for these eight lives lost and countless others. We want you to feel our pain and the pain of many innocents elders, women and our people from the AAPI community who have been attacked and harmed.

We want you to check in on your AAPI friends and neighbours. Ask them, “how are you? What can I do? How can I be of help?” We want to you hear our stories, show some empathy by listening, learning and sharing. Be a real ally. A true ally. That’s what we want you to do.

Then fight these hateful and heinous crimes by joining forces and speaking out for the AAPI community and every marginalised group. That is how you become a non-performative ally.
Remember, Humanity is not tied to one person, place, gender or race. Our liberation is bound together, and we must turn our segregated oppression into a collective resistance.

And quoting @goldhouseco, we also want you to know that we’re fired up and are actively planning with leaders across the nation across communities tonight.
When life gets tough, we get tougher.
We promise you that.
Once was enough.

More to come.

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We at ANOKHI LIFE stand in solidarity with our Asians brothers & sisters and we condemn any and all forms of racism. #STOPASIANHATE

Main Image Photo Credit: www.instagram.com, www.wwd.com

Hina P. Ansari

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Hina P. Ansari is a graduate from The University of Western Ontario (London, Ontario). Since then she has carved a successful career in Canada's national fashion-publishing world as the Entertainment/Photo Editor at FLARE Magazine, Canada's national fashion magazine. She was the first South Asian in...

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#StopAsianHate: Designer Prabal Gurung Goes Viral With His Beautiful Message Of Support

by Hina P. Ansari

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