Fashion Institute of Technology apologizes for racist runway show

"Currently, it does not appear that the original intent of the design, the use of accessories or the creative direction of the show was to make a statement about race; however, it is now glaringly obvious that has been the outcome," she said in her statement.

A model walks the runway wearing Junkai Huang during the Fashion Institute Of Technology's Fine Art Of Fashion And Technology Show at Pier 59 Studios on Feb. 07, 2020, in New York. A model walks the runway wearing Junkai Huang during the Fashion Institute Of Technology's Fine Art Of Fashion And Technology Show at Pier 59 Studios on Feb. 07, 2020, in New York.Brown apologized to"those who participated in the show, to students, and to anybody who has been offended by what they saw." Representatives for Q Model Management, which represents Lefevre, didn't immediately return messages to ABC News for comment.

The school's president said it would be taking steps to rectify the damage from the incident and ensure it doesn't happen again. Brown said administrators will meet with the school's diversity council, faculty, student government association and employee union to talk about race and FIT will implement"safeguards to ensure that a situation like this will not happen again.

if the ears weren't black there would be no issue.

FIT is a college of the State University of New York. In addition to state funding, it receives support from the Board of Education of the City of New York. This happened Feb 7th. No protests or marches? No Governor Cuomo or Mayor deBlasio statements calling for investigations!🤔

Stop apologizing

I'm starting to believe that the fashion industry believes that any publicity is good publicity and actively trying to make racist scenes.

the excuses after the fact are so exhausting...

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