Bon Appetit Editor-in-Chief Resigns After Brown Face Photo Emerges

The editor-in-chief of the monthly food and entertainment magazine Bon Appetit stepped down on June 8 after a past photo of him wearing brown face circulated on social media.

The 2013 photo shows Adam Rapoport and his wife, Simone Shubuck, “at a Halloween party wearing stereotypical costumes meant to portray Puerto Rican dress,” according to National Public Radio (NPR).

I do not know why Adam Rapoport simply doesn’t write about Puerto Rican food for @bonappetit himself!!! https://t.co/rW0k5tjMoS pic.twitter.com/odZnFLz2gd

— TAMMIE TECLEMARIAM (@tammieetc) June 8, 2020

After a growing backlash from Bon Appetit employees, Rapoport announced his resignation on Instagram.

“I am stepping down as editor-in-chief of Bon Appetit to reflect on the work I need to do as a human being and allow to get to a better place,” Rapoport wrote.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CBMT4rVg0H4/

Journalist Yashar Ali noted that Rapoport had deleted his Twitter account after he issued a tweet mentioning “slutty Chinese food.”

Was just reminded why Adam Rapoport is no longer on Twitter…he deactivated his account after he tweeted about “slutty Chinese food” and got called out for it.

We’re talking about the editor in chief of @bonappetit https://t.co/8aeMY9So1m

— Yashar Ali 🐘 یاشار (@yashar) June 8, 2020

Rapoport is Jewish and previously has talked about Rosh Hashanah recipes and other Jewish holiday foods as well as how he has learned to like Easter food since Shubuck isn’t Jewish.