Bon Appetit, race and food culture
Bon Appetit’s top editor resigned this week after accusations of brownface. The news inspired a series of allegations by staff at the food magazine about systemic racism within the company. Today on Front Burner, culture writer Navneet Alang on the fallout.
Bon Appetit editor-in-chief Adam Rapoport resigned on Monday over accusations of brownface. It involved a 2004 photo of Rapoport and his wife dressing up as Puerto Ricans. But according to more than a dozen former and current employees of colour who have since spoken out, the racism runs deeper than just that photo. Today on Front Burner, a conversation with culture writer Navneet Alang about this controversy, and what it says about who gets to tell stories about foods from different cultures.
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