Mr. Rapoport responded in a February column, saying the publication had “instituted a series of department-by-department meetings focusing on diversity” and set new diversity goals. A subsequent column he posted on May 31 took on issues of race more directly. For some staff members and readers, the column papered over issues of race and diversity during Mr. Rapoport’s editorship. Priya Krishna, who has a contract with Bon Appétit and writes often for the Food section of The Times, has been part of a group of food journalists working on race and diversity issues at the magazine. She said seeing the image of Mr. Rapoport “was like a gut punch.” On Twitter, she wrote: “It erases the work the BIPOC on staff have long been doing, behind the scenes.

Source: New York Times June 08, 2020 23:56 UTC