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MY FAVORITE FOOD

Project Type:  Poster Design
Year:   2021
Medium:   Adobe Photoshop, Alcohol Markers
Size: 6.75 x 9 in.

In response to the   theme of how the COVID-19 pandemic affects all people, I chose to create a poster with a focus on  how the crisis emphasized the already existing discrimination and racisms that people of Asian and Pacific Islander descent experience.

While the topic of Asian hate extends across many factors and culture, I chose to focus on food specific to my own heritage from the Philippines. Food makes up a large part of my experiences with my Filipino family and culture.   Yet  Asian food   is often  stigmatized as  scary, disgusting, and  even dirty, reflecting a greater discrimination against the people who enjoy   them.  After  initial evidence suggested  that the Covid-19 virus began in  a fresh food market in Wuhan, China, AAPI communities  saw an increase in Asian hate crimes  and racism that  perpetuated the lie that Asian people and culture are responsible for the virus.  

I created this poster to highlight  the duality of Asian food as a longtime source of cultural richness and   unjustifiable racism.   The virus is a problem that everyone struggles with regardless of where the first infections were.   My culture is not the virus.