Adut Akech has had enough.
Adut Akech, one of the most in-demand names on the runway, has decided to speak out about her disappointment with an all-too-frequent error many publications make regarding black models.was born in South Sudan, grew up in a refugee camp in Kenya, and moved to Adelaide, Australia at the age of eight years old.
What Akech says she spoke of in the feature was the general view towards "refugees and peoples attitude to color," which is what makes"By this happening I feel like it defeated the purpose of what I stand for and spoke about. It goes to show that people are very ignorant and narrow-minded that they think every black girl or African people looks the same. I feel as though this would’ve not happened to a white model," Akech went on.
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