HuffPost Deputy Opinion Editor Chloe Angyal claimed the company had succeeded in its goal to have “less than 50% white authors,” on Wednesday.
“Our goals for this month were: less than 50% white authors (check!), Asian representation that matches or exceeds the US population (check!), more trans and non-binary authors (check, but I want to do better),” declared Angyal in a series of Twitter posts, Wednesday. “We also wanted to raise Latinx representation to match or exceed the US population. We didn’t achieve that goal, but we’re moving firmly in the right direction.”
Our goals for this month were: less than 50% white authors (check!), Asian representation that matches or exceeds the US population (check!), more trans and non-binary authors (check, but I want to do better).
— Chloe Angyal (@ChloeAngyal) March 14, 2018
We also wanted to raise Latinx representation to match or exceed the US population. We didn't achieve that goal, but we're moving firmly in the right direction.
— Chloe Angyal (@ChloeAngyal) March 14, 2018
“Making the improvements we made took work, no doubt about it,” she continued, adding, “We all tapped our networks and made moves to expand our collective rolodex.”
Making the improvements we made took work, no doubt about it. We all tapped our networks and made moves to expand our collective rolodex.
— Chloe Angyal (@ChloeAngyal) March 14, 2018
Though the posts received hundreds of likes, Angyal received over 3,000 replies, mostly consisting of users criticizing the company for focusing on race rather than content.
Idiot.
— Gareth Icke 🇵🇸 (@garethicke) March 15, 2018
It’s scary when evil people think they are the good guys. Your are the divider here
— EZe Mash Onwurah 🇺🇸🇳 (@EZetheBOSS) March 15, 2018
https://twitter.com/Guyzer/status/974265106853904384
More than 50% racist (check!).
— SP (@CrackinGemz) March 15, 2018
I thought the goal was to end racism as much as possible not encourage it.
— ❌BossyCowgurl❌ #RollTide #IAMQ (@BossyCowgurl84) March 15, 2018
Judge me not on the color of my skin, but the content of my characters.
— Jonathan Sterling (@JSterling8) March 15, 2018
HuffPost, formerly known as the Huffington Post, has frequently published racially-charged, anti-white articles.
Last year, a HuffPost columnist argued that white people who stand for the national anthem are standing for white supremacy, while the company refused to remove an article that claimed the Islamic prophet Muhammad was poisoned by a Jew.
HuffPost were even tricked into publishing an article on their South African site which argued white men should have their voting rights taken away, only for it to be revealed that the article was written by a man as a hoax.
Following former Breitbart News Chairman Steve Bannon’s departure from the White House last year, HuffPost celebrated with a series of racially and religiously-charged headlines, including “Goy, Bye!” and “White Flight.”
In 2016, HuffPost published an article titled, “White People Should Be Banned from Doing Yoga,” and in the same year, HuffPost editors were mocked for posting a picture of their alleged diversity in the editorial department, only for users to point out that every editor in the picture was a white woman.
Charlie Nash is a reporter for Breitbart Tech. You can follow him on Twitter @MrNashington, or like his page at Facebook.
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