“Our teams, our families and friends have all been affected by the increase in hate crimes against Asian people, and that is unacceptable,” he said. Lynch wrote in the memo reviewed by The Times.
Mrs. McCammond was checked before Condé Nast hired her, and top executives, including Mr. Lynch and Anna Wintour, the chief content officer and the global editorial director of Vogue, were aware of the decade-old racist tweets, said Mr. Duncan said in his comment Thursday, and Ms. McCammond admitted to them in interviews with the company.
Me. Wintour discussed the tweets with color leaders at Condé Nast before the job was presented, according to a board member who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss a staff issue. Mrs. McCammond has hit the leaders of Condé Nast as an impressive candidate, the executive said, and they feel her apology in 2019 shows that she has learned from her mistakes.
Although the company was aware of the racist tweets, he did not know about the homophobic tweets or a photo, also from 2011, recently published by a right-wing website showing her in Indian costume at a Halloween party, said the executive. . The investigation process did not pick up the additional material as it was removed, the executive added.
Condé Nast has faced complaints of racism in his workplace and content over the past year. In June, amid the Black Lives Matter protests, Ms. Wintour sent a message to Vogue staff writing that the magazine under her leadership did not give enough space to “Black editors, writers, photographers, designers and other creators” and acknowledged that it was “images or stories that were hurtful or intolerant” was’ published.
Adam Rapoport, the editor-in-chief of another Condé Nast publication, Bon Appétit, resigned in June after a photo of him reappeared on social media, condemning the staff for an offensive portrayal of Puerto Ricans.
In the past two weeks, when complaints have increased, Ms. Wintour is trying to provide support for the prospective Teen Vogue editor. Me. McCammond also attended meetings with Condé Nast staff members and other groups to further apologize and listen to their concerns, including one-on-one conversations with journalists at Teen Vogue, according to six people familiar with the meetings. .