hen I started at the Reader in October 2018, there were 16 people on staff, all of them white except graphic designer Sue Kwong, who sidled up next to me on my first day with a good-natured, “Hello, ...

Tyla stands firm in identifying as “black” and “colored.” In a recent interview with British Vogue, the South African addressed the controversial 2020 TikTok video (that resurfaced in 2023) in which ...