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Make no mistake. The @latimes has a long way to go to correct the ugliness of the past.
Today, our masthead — the 14 leaders who make every major decision about our newsroom and coverage — does not include a single Latino.
This is in L.A., where half the community is Latino.
Today, our masthead — the 14 leaders who make every major decision about our newsroom and coverage — does not include a single Latino.
This is in L.A., where half the community is Latino.
And NO — promoting or hiring 1 or 2 or 3 Latinos to join the @latimes masthead is not enough.
In a place like L.A., half of these portraits must be Latino.
Make that happen & you’ll see true change unfold in every corner of our newsroom. @DrPatSoonShiong @NPearlstine #SomosLAT
In a place like L.A., half of these portraits must be Latino.
Make that happen & you’ll see true change unfold in every corner of our newsroom. @DrPatSoonShiong @NPearlstine #SomosLAT
Those of you wondering how I could possibly expect @latimes leadership to one day be half Latino:
There is absolutely nothing radical about asking newsrooms to mirror the communities they chronicle.
L.A. County demographics:
Latino 48.6%
White 26.1%
Asian 15.4 %
Black 9%
There is absolutely nothing radical about asking newsrooms to mirror the communities they chronicle.
L.A. County demographics:
Latino 48.6%
White 26.1%
Asian 15.4 %
Black 9%
1/Here's the story behind: Californians moved to Oregon for affordable housing. Wildfires left them homeless latimes.com/world-nation/s…
2/First, thanks to photog and #Oregon resident @KatieFalkenberg who got me back to cover Latino communities in Phoenix/Talent. #SomosLAT
3/Thanks to Shannon King, the first evacuee we met, and her 7 year-old daughter Cheyenne, who showed us what the story was really about: A complex, working class community including many California transplants. You can find Shannon here: facebook.com/profile.php?id…
I so miss working with @LAJourno but love being able to still read his work #chicanomoratorium #somosLAT One reporter's quest for answers about Ruben Salazar's death - Los Angeles Times latimes.com/projects/chica…
2/ “Chicanos will tell you that their culture predates that of the Pilgrims and that Spanish was spoken in America before English,” Salazar wrote. “So the ‘problem’ is not theirs but the Anglos’ who don’t speak Spanish.” #somosLAT
3/ Salazar worked overseas, returned to cover protests and police, was in a building fired at with tear gas and died at 42. This is still happening. It happened to me and to my colleagues. #Journalismisnotacrime
In 1970, more than 20K protesters marched through East LA for the Chicano Moratorium. By day’s end, hundreds were arrested & trailblazing journalist Ruben Salazar was dead. The events of that chaotic day still reverberate among LA’s Latinos 50 years later. latimes.com/projects/chica…
It started as a peace march. But for the Moratorium generation, the day left protesters dismayed, disappointed and angry. @longdrivesouth latimes.com/projects/chica…
In murals, theater, photography and music, the Chicano Moratorium influenced art of its time and our time too. @cmonstah latimes.com/projects/chica…
I attended @CypressCollege. I was headed to @csuf along w/ so many fellow Latinos when a professor, last minute, steered me over to @USC. I often wonder, with a sense of guilt, whether the @latimes would have taken a chance on me if I’d graduated from a Cal State #SomosLAT
It’s a special day at the @latimes. Nearly 80 Latino staffers sent a letter to our bosses demanding that our newspaper truly reflect our community, which is half Latino. We’ve formed the @LATLatinoCaucus to speak up and push for change. To read: latguild.com/news/2020/7/21… #SomosLAT
Many @latimes Latino journalists who came before us fought hard for representation. This letter marks the largest, most significant public action taken by Latino staffers since the @latimes was established 139 years ago. Without Latinos, the @latimes cannot succeed. #SomosLAT
We’re grateful to the @latblackcaucus for inspiring this movement. We hope our owner and managers will listen with intent and act, in good faith, to address the critical demands of Latino and Black journalists. #SomosLAT @DrPatSoonShiong @NPearlstine @kyoshino @LATimeskraft
