In a statement posted on Instagram, Rapoport apologized for 'my failings. Adam Rapoport is stepping down as editor in chief of Bon Apptit following outrage over a resurfaced racially insensitive photograph. (Bryan Bedder / Getty Images for ASME) Adam Rapoport will step down as editor-in-chief of Bon Apptit after a photo of him in brownface at a 2004 party was posted on Twitter on Monday morning. Credit: Jared Siskin/Patrick McMullan/Getty. Adam Rapoport, after nearly 10 years at the editorial helm of Bon Appetit magazine, has resigned after controversy erupted over the editor-in-chief’s treatment of staff members of color and h. In addition to Barberich and Rapoport, The New York Times’ editorial page editor James Bennet resigned over his mishandling of the publication of the Tom Cotton op-ed, while The Philadelphia Inquirer’s top editor Stan Wischnowski also resigned over the recent front page headline: ‘Buildings Matter, Too.’Ĭondé did not immediately respond to request for comment. Adam Rapoport has stepped down from the top editor position at Bon Apptit. I am deeply sorry for my failings and to the position in which I put the editors of BA.”Īmid national protests over the police killings of George Floyd and other unarmed black people, as well as centuries of systemic racism in the U.S., some companies, including media organizations ranging from The New York Times to Paper magazine, have been taken to task for their own shortcomings. I will do all I can to support that work, but I am not the one to lead that work. “The staff has been working hard to evolve the brand in a more positive, more diverse direction. “Ultimately, it’s been at the expense of Bon Appétit and its staff, as well as our readers. El-Waylly also alleged that only white editors are paid for the video appearances on the brand’s popular Youtube channel.Īlex Lau added to Twitter that he left his position as a staff photographer for multiples reasons, but one of those was that “white leadership refused to make changes that my BIPOC coworkers and I constantly pushed for.” Others also posted their experiences and Molly Baz, a white senior food editor with a strong social media following, wrote that she would not appear in any Bon Appétit videos until her BIPOC colleagues receive equal pay and are fairly compensated for their appearances.Īs for the brown face photograph, Rapoport said in his Instagram post that it was an “extremely ill-conceived Halloween constume 16 years ago.” He also admitted that he had not championed an inclusive vision Bon Appétit. UPDATED with resignation news: Adam Rapoport, editor-in-chief of Cond Nast-owned Bon Apptit, resigned Monday at the end of a day of facing calls for his ou. “This is just a symptom of the systemic racism that runs rampant within the Condé Nast as a whole,” she said. A freelance writer for the Cond Nast-owned foodie magazine on. Front Row at Giorgio Armani’s One Night Only in Dubai Show Bon Apptit’s longtime Editor-in-Chief Adam Rapoport resigned Monday evening after a photo surfaced that showed him in brownface.