For a large portion of our past, the @latimes was an institution deeply rooted in white supremacy.

It’s important, in this season of reconciliation and reflection, that we apologize for our past. https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2020-09-27/los-angeles-times-reckoning-with-racism">https://www.latimes.com/opinion/s...
In 1943, with our coverage of the Zoot Suit riots, The Times largely ignored the context — the social and economic upheaval brought about by wartime mobilization and the racist trope of threatened white womanhood — and blamed the victims instead of their assailants.
Progress at The Times came from the bottom up. In 1982, a group of Latino journalists began an effort to tell a rich and deep narrative of their growing community.
The result: the 1983 Pulitzer Prize winning series on Latinos. https://www.latimes.com/california/latinos">https://www.latimes.com/californi...
The Times was awarded a Pulitzer Prize for its coverage of the unrest following the police beating of Rodney King in 1991. But academics later argued that The Times overemphasized the role of Black Angelenos and sensationalized Black-Korean conflict. https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2020-09-27/black-reporter-racism-los-angeles-times-newsroom">https://www.latimes.com/opinion/s...
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