A ‘New Yorker’ Editor Dug For Diversity Stats. She Calls The Results ‘Passive Racism’

A woman retrieves a copy of The New Yorker magazine from her mailbox in Santa Fe, N.M. in 2020.

Combing through the archives, Erin Overbey found that the print publication resembles “a Southern country club in the 1950s,” in which barely any writers and editors of color or women are represented.

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Combing through the archives, Erin Overbey found that the print publication resembles “a Southern country club in the 1950s,” in which barely any writers and editors of color or women are represented.