Part of what remains unaddressed in the LA Weekly boycott call is the issue of representation. Several former staffers and contributors have touted how diverse the stories were. Ahem.
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Three out of every four people in LA are people of color. There are tons of talented writers of color in this city. I never saw that represented on LA Weekly's masthead or bylines.
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Having a story about Watts or Boyle Heights written about people who might also be gentrifying those neighborhoods always seemed off to me.
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There was also the issue of who was highlighted and who was made invisible at the LA Weekly. This, from a couple of years ago:https://twitter.com/aurabogado/status/596056820420124672 …
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I know people were trying. I get that. But trying is different than doing. All that said, I miss the LA Weekly. And it's hard to mourn for it when the site itself is still live (and posting kinda *really bad* writing).
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