Joanna's mother emigrated from South Korea
Magnolia Network star Joanna Gaines has become hugely popular alongside her husband Chip Gaines.
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But the home renovation star and businesswoman has also suffered from anti-Asian hatred after growing up in Texas as half-Korean.
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Joanna shared in 2021, at a time of rising anti-Asian rhetoric in America, that she remembered "as a little girl being out with my mom and seeing how in a moment, a person's harsh look or an underhanded comment would attempt to belittle her rich story and her beautiful culture".
"We can't take lightly the power that our words and actions carry. The world needs who we were ALL made to be and all the amazing and beautiful differences we each bring with us," she continued in an Instagram post alongisde a throwback picture of her and her mom.
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"Maybe if we say it enough, it will ring true and become the message that softens even the hardest of hearts," she concluded.
Joanna's words came as she annunced her second children's book had been transalated into Korean.
Joanna and her mom
Her mother emigrated from Seoul, South Korea, in 1972 and Joanna was raised in Kansas and Texas.
Joanna and Chip have five children; Drake, 17, 15-year-old Ella, 13-year-old son Duke, Emmie, 11, and three-year-old Crew.
They call Crawford, Texas - just a few miles outside of Waco - home, and after becoming the stars of the hit TV show Flaunched their own channel, Magnolia Network, in 2021 with Discovery to replace the DIY Network.
Joanna and Chip
As well as home-flipping shows, it also features and
In October 2022 the pair will launch their new TV show which will see them "breathe new life into the historic landmark while they also tackle its challenging infrastructure while preserving its original beauty".
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