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VogueB次元官网网址檚 March issue was published the same week six women of Asian descent were killed at the hands of a white gunman who targeted Atlanta-area massage parlors.
The shooting sent a wave of terror through the Asian-American community B次元官网网址� prompting Asian women across the globe to go public with their experiences with racism and sexual harassment.
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Park, who is Korean-America, said she and Robertson met at a climate summit in Copenhagen in 2019 when she was communications director for PortlandB次元官网网址檚 mayor. At the time, Robertson was an ambassador for the Global Covenant of Mayors.
The now-wife said she experienced racism while working in politics and when she was a reporter.
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B次元官网网址淐overt racism (is) these microaggressions, these everyday microaggressions that happen to women.B次元官网网址�
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