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).
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Month two of @HuffPost Opinion is almost done. This month we published: 63% women, inc. trans women; 53% writers of colour.
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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.
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Making the improvements we made took work, no doubt about it. We all tapped our networks and made moves to expand our collective rolodex.
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I check our numbers at the end of every week, because it's easy to lose track or imagine you're doing better than you really are, and the numbers don't lie.
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(The numbers also don't tell the whole story -- about disability, geography, socioeconomics and more).
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But the work is not onerous and it's definitely not impossible. If we can do it, every other opinion page can do it, too.
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And if you have an oped to pitch, here's how you can do that. We pay, we edit with care and we are anti-Oxford commahttps://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/how-to-pitch-huffpost-opinion-personal_us_5a5e0726e4b0fcbc3a1388f0?section=us_opinion …
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Why not just have good authors? Why the need to specify who these authours are. An Asian author is still an author. Don’t need to include their race. A trans author is just an author, like the rest and not a “trans” author.
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But without effort to reach out to underrepresented groups, they tend to get ignored. It's not about hiring unqualified authors; it's about making the effort to seek out good authors of all types.
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Best authors hired, showcased. Period. What they are should be secondary to their work. Not, we hired so and so because they fit this quota and we need 50% representation. They’re now getting attention for who they are and not their work.
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They are going back in time, to when people had to disguise themselves with pen names, just to get published. Haha real progressive..
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Thank you for doing this.
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Sounds like some genders, orientations, and races were under represented.
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Sounds like giving someone a job based on their skin color or sexual orientation instead of merit
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I agree
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They all look white and 30 and just came from the bar.
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I typed out a thought out response, checked your profile and backspaced that shit into oblivion. Good luck with life, man
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I looked at yours and all I saw was a bunch of crying. Join the armed forces, go see some 3rd world countries, fight for your country, then get back with me.
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