'As a global media company, CondГ© Nast is dedicated to creating a diverse, inclusive and equitable workplace,' the representative wrote. In text messages to Business Insider, he said: 'On the record: I was not wearing makeup or face coloring of any sort in that photograph.' (Rapoport keeps a framed copy of this photo in his desk, according to Walker-Hartshorn.)ДЄ CondГ© Nast representative said the company is 'listening and are taking seriously the concerns raised by our Bon AppГ©tit team members.' To that effect, the representative said, the company is 'accelerating' its diversity-and-inclusion report, to publish this summer, and a pay-equity analysis, to publish at the end of 2020. Many called his costume 'brownface,' which Rapoport denies. The anger stemmed in part from a photo of Rapoport that circulated on Twitter on Monday, showing him dressed in a Halloween costume intended to be stereotypically Puerto Rican. On Monday, Rapoport announced his resignation following a furious outcry over recent allegations of racism put forth by several people who had worked with Bon AppГ©tit. Do you have more stories from inside media you want to tell? Email Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories.

Interviews with Walker-Hartshorn and more than a dozen other current and former employees show that the issues at Bon AppГ©tit go beyond Rapoport. The editor-in-chief of Bon Appetit, Adam Rapoport, resigned after a photo of him dressed in a stereotypical Puerto Rican costume surfaced on social media.

A CondГ© Nast representative said the company is 'listening and are taking seriously the concerns raised by our Bon AppГ©tit team members.'.

'I am the only Black woman on his staff,' Walker-Hartshorn said.

She said she made $35,300 before overtime and had not received a raise during her time at Bon AppГ©tit.

Walker-Hartshorn said Rapoport repeatedly denied her requests for a raise, most recently on June 4.

Among these employees was Ryan Walker-Hartshorn, the only Black woman on staff at the magazine and the assistant to Adam Rapoport, Bon AppГ©tit's editor in chief, who resigned on Monday. Adam Rapoport, the editor-in-chief of Bon Apptit magazine, resigned Monday, hours after a photo on Instagram of him and his wife, Simone Shubuck, posted on Halloween of 2013 resurfaced on Twitter.

Business Insider spoke with 14 current and former contributors or employees at Bon AppГ©tit, all of whom identify as people of color. Bon Apptits Editor-in-Chief Resigns After Staff OutcryEmployers and contributors had called for Adam Rapoport to step down after a photo of him in brownface. Bon Apptit magazineвЂ™s top editor, Adam Rapoport, resigned his position Monday night after growing calls from former and current staffers and contributors for him to step down.

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