Notice anything about this picture of the Huffington Post newsroom? Looks like a bunch of white women in a room, perhaps discussing which industries to criticize next for their lack of diversity.
Notice anything about this @HuffingtonPost editors meeting? ???????????????????????? pic.twitter.com/7sg4SyraPa
— Liz Heron (@lheron) May 20, 2016
But wait. If you use your special diversity detection telescope, you may be able to spot a few outliers.
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The Twitter reaction was swift and brutal to a photo just begging to be called hypocritical.
HuffPo embraces diversity… of liberal white women in NYC. @Cernovich @lheron @Soylentopia @HuffingtonPost pic.twitter.com/UaeuKvbUQX
— Bunker Smith (@bunkerwsmith) May 20, 2016
@bunkerwsmith @Cernovich @lheron @Soylentopia @HuffingtonPost How many in that picture have rich parents that pay their rent? At least 75%.
— John Smith (@CountDonku) May 22, 2016
Now #HuffPoSoWhite is totally becoming a thing.
Well everyone's bagging on this so here's mine: #HuffPoSoWhite they got permanent red wine stains on their W2 forms https://t.co/MmrDEarVPC
— Diego Aguilar-C. (@daguilarcanabal) May 21, 2016
@lheron @HuffingtonPost I'm guessing some of their best friends are black. #HuffPoSoWhite
— Humongous WHAT??? (@huge_facepalm) May 21, 2016
Is this an Oscars selection meeting or two polar bears kissing in a snowstorm?? #HuffPoSoWhite https://t.co/pIcoQIwEPI
— Gringo Diablo (@theglue29) May 21, 2016
For a publication that regularly harps on diversity quotas in popular culture they may be in need of a little self reflection.
Maybe instead of this,
the headline should read:
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