Bon Appétit editor Adam Rapoport resigns over 'brown face' photo

Several prominent staff members had spoken out about the photograph and the company’s internal culture

Adam Rapoport, the editor in chief of a popular US food magazine, Bon Appétit, has announced his resignation after a 2003 photograph of him dressed in “brown face” surfaced on social media.

In a statement posted on Instagram, Rapoport said he was stepping down “to reflect on the work that I need to do as a human being and to allow Bon Appétit to get to a better place”.

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