New Report Details Pervasive Culture of Racism at Bon Appétit: ‘Nowhere Have I Ever Felt More Isolated’

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Published by Business Insider, the report describes a 'toxic' workplace in which people of color are regularly sidelined, paid less, and tokenized

showing him and his wife dressed up as Puerto Ricans for Halloween. The photo, which circulated on Twitter, prompted employees and contributors to speak publicly about the culture of racial inequity that’s allegedly existed atby Rachel Premack detailing how, beneath the Condé Nast food magazine’s glossy surface, lies a “toxic” culture of racism and exclusion, with more than a dozen former and current staffers of color detailing their experiences.

According to the report, sources described “a workplace that treats people of color as second class to white employees,” denying equal opportunities to nonwhite employees, excluding them from cliques at the magazine, and consistently failing to adequately tell diverse stories. Ryan Walker-Hartshorn, Rapoport’s assistant since September 2017, told Business Insider that Rapoport has treated her like “the help” as the only Black woman on staff. She alleged that she not only had editorial duties, but also had to do tasks for Rapoport outside of her job description, including cleaning Rapoport’s golf clubs.

— a scant annual pay for New York’s high prices, but unfortunately common in the magazine and publishing industry, which is notorious for barely livable early-career wages. Walker-Hartshorn told Business Insider that she asked Rapoport for a raise in early June, aware that her boss knew she hadn’t been able to pay rent for three months. Instead, according to Walker-Hartshorn, Rapoport told her, “Well, maybe you should consider that this is not the right job for you.

In case you’ve missed it: Not only is Sohla one of the only front facing Bon Appetit editors to denounce EIC Adam Rapoport doing brown face, apparently only white BA editors are paid for their video appearances. Here’s her Instagram story just now

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