NEW YORK, United States (AP) — Vogue's Anna Wintour has apologised in an internal e-mail for “mistakes” made in her 32-year tenure in not doing enough to elevate black voices on her staff and publishing images and stories that have been racially and culturally “hurtful or intolerant”.
The magazine's editor in chief, who is also Conde Nast's artistic director and global content adviser, had no further comment Wednesday on the e-mail obtained by The Associated Press.
Wintour's mea culpa surfaced soon after Adam Rapoport, the editor in chief of another Condé Nast title, Bon Appetit, resigned after a photo surfaced of him in brownface, amplifying outrage over how the food magazine treats employees of colour.
In her e-mail, Wintour referenced the country's “historic and heartbreaking moment” after the death of George Floyd and other people of colour at the hands of police, events which have sparked rage and grief in protests that have played out for more than two weeks around the world.
Wintour said her staff includes “too few” black employees.
