Race/Related: From Tortillas to Pan de Coco, Afro-Honduran Baker Leads New Sourdough Revolution

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Others have used social media to celebrate and highlight multiethnic, multicultural personalities, including [Samin Nosrat](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRg4uZcP0StaHR0cDovL2NpYW9zYW1pbi5jb20vP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTM3JmVtYz1lZGl0X3JyXzIwMjAwNzA0Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTIwMDIzJm5sPXJhY2UlMkZyZWxhdGVkJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD0zMjYxMyZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKAEFcYQBf_n275VIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA), a chef, cookbook author and host of Netflix’s “Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat.” She used her sizable Instagram following — nearly 560,000 people — to highlight Black chefs and bakers. That’s how I was introduced to [Bryan Ford](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRg4uZcP0S_aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5zdGFncmFtLmNvbS9hcnRpc2FuYnJ5YW4vP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTM3JmVtYz1lZGl0X3JyXzIwMjAwNzA0Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTIwMDIzJm5sPXJhY2UlMkZyZWxhdGVkJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD0zMjYxMyZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKAEFcYQBf_n275VIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA), an Afro-Honduran baker who was born in the Bronx, raised in New Orleans and now lives in Miami. Mr. Ford’s first book, “New World Sourdough,” was published last month. It quickly sold out across the country and is being reprinted. His is a fascinating story. Two years ago, while waiting on construction delays to start a head baker job in Miami, he [created a blog](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRg4uZcP0S5aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuYXJ0aXNhbmJyeWFuLmNvbS9ibG9nP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTM3JmVtYz1lZGl0X3JyXzIwMjAwNzA0Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTIwMDIzJm5sPXJhY2UlMkZyZWxhdGVkJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD0zMjYxMyZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKAEFcYQBf_n275VIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA) that highlighted his experimentations with sourdough. He shared his [pan de coco recipe](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRg4uZcP0ToaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuYXJ0aXNhbmJyeWFuLmNvbS9wb3N0L2hvdy10by1tYWtlLXBhbi1kZS1jb2NvLXNvdXJkb3VnaC1icmVhZC1yZWNpcGU_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9MzcmZW1jPWVkaXRfcnJfMjAyMDA3MDQmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MjAwMjMmbmw9cmFjZSUyRnJlbGF0ZWQmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTMyNjEzJnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgoAQVxhAF_-fbvlUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~) and it was an immediate hit. A year later, a publisher approached him to write a cookbook. We caught up recently with Mr. Ford to talk about his roots and the joy of baking, particularly during a pandemic. This interview has been lightly edited and condensed for clarity. FH: When I think of sourdough, I think of European versions. Then I saw your book, which includes recipes for semitas and birote. I was disappointed in myself that it didn’t even occur to me that sourdough also means breads from Latin America or India. How did you decide to start playing around using starters, or is that something you always knew you wanted to do because of your background? 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There’s a ciabatta recipe, one for a pretzel bun, a pita bread, there’s challah, a rustic loaf for those who may not be ready to bake full-out Latin American bread. So that’s the top end of the question. The back end of the question is I started a little wholesale bakery here in Miami when I moved here four years ago. The initial breads I wanted to make were croissants, baguettes and rustic country loaves. I wasn’t really thinking about my roots. I wanted to fit the mold of, what is a baker? What should a bakery have? What are the types of breads that people make with sourdough? I tried that, and then from a cost perspective, we had to close that shop up after a few months. I started laying low and I was testing the same country sourdoughs over and over and over again. I was falling into that trap of wanting a perfect crumb and wanting a certain aesthetic. Obviously growing up, I’ve eaten semitas, pan de coco and rosquillas, but I never really thought about making them. I realized my Instagram was full of the same looking loaves of bread. My objective was not necessarily to grow my followers, but I was just like, what is the point of me doing this? Why am I sharing these pictures? What am I trying to achieve by sharing pictures with captions that looked like everyone else’s pictures and captions? It just doesn’t feel authentic. One day it just happened, I made a pan de coco with my sourdough starter. I realized sourdough is just a means to leaven your bread. 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In your experience, whether professionally or personally, do you think that there’s something about non-European or non-Western baking that feels specifically complicated or overwhelming, even though it’s all just flour and water? BF: I think this answer is actually bigger than just bread. There are certain areas of the world that are romanticized. There’s such a strong desire to visit places like Paris and Rome. Trust me, those were the first places I went when I went to Europe with my wife. Those places are gorgeous, beautiful, rich in this delicious, amazing culture of bread and food. France and Italy are regarded as the pinnacle in that sense. 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You don’t just jump on a train and go to a different country with your little backpack. But you think of somewhere like India, that’s rich in bread traditions, you also think there’s too many people there, it’s polluted, it’s crowded, it’s hard to travel. It’s the same with Central America. Oh, Honduras, that’s the murder capital of the world. Why would I go there? You’re going to get sick if you drink the water. So automatically our food culture gets discounted just because of that mind-set. So that’s the building block to the conversation of why is a baguette more valuable than a roti? Why is a croissant more valuable than a semita? Why is brioche more valuable than a tortilla? My goal is to eradicate that, to smash that up into pieces. I want to shine light on the grains and the culture and the flavors of the bread that we have and not let it be this weird thing. FH: What are your tips for people new to baking and are feeling intimidated? BF: Lose your expectations of bread. The bread from my culture is at a disadvantage because of these expectations of what sourdough bread should look like and taste like and feel like. So just try to forget about those things. Flavor is number one. Does what you made taste good? That’s step one. We’re making it to eat, right? America’s enduring caste system A protest against the integration of a school in Little Rock, Ark., in 1959.John T. Bledsoe/Library of Congress By [Isabel Wilkerson](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRg4uZcP0TDaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vYnkvaXNhYmVsLXdpbGtlcnNvbj9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD0zNyZlbWM9ZWRpdF9ycl8yMDIwMDcwNCZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0yMDAyMyZubD1yYWNlJTJGcmVsYXRlZCZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MzI2MTMmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCgBBXGEAX_59u-VSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~) We saw a man face down on the pavement, pinned beneath a car, and above him another man, a man in uniform, his skin lighter than the man on the ground, and the lighter man was bearing down on the darker man, his knee boring into the neck of the darker man, the lighter man’s hands at his sides, in his pockets — could it be that his hands were so nonchalantly in his pockets? — such was the ease and casual calm, the confidence of embedded entitlement with which he was able to lord over the darker man. We heard the man on the ground pleading with the man above him, saw the terror in his face, heard his gasps for air, heard the anguished cries of an unseen chorus, begging the lighter man to stop. But the lighter man, the dominant man, looked straight at the bystanders, into the camera, and thus at all of us around the world who would later bear witness and, instead of heeding the cries of the chorus, pressed his knee deeper into the darker man’s neck as was the perceived right granted him in the hierarchy. The man on the ground went silent, drained of breath. A clear liquid crept down the pavement. We saw a man die before our very eyes. What we did not see, not immediately anyway, was the invisible scaffolding, a caste system with ancient rules and assumptions that made such a horror possible, that held each actor in that scene in its grip. [Read the entire [New York Times Magazine essay.](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRg4uZcP0TfaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMC8wNy8wMS9tYWdhemluZS9pc2FiZWwtd2lsa2Vyc29uLWNhc3RlLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9MzcmZW1jPWVkaXRfcnJfMjAyMDA3MDQmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MjAwMjMmbmw9cmFjZSUyRnJlbGF0ZWQmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTMyNjEzJnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgoAQVxhAF_-fbvlUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~)] Readers respond The New York Times Last week’s newsletter explored the debate in newsrooms across the country to capitalize Black. John Eligon, a New York Times national correspondent who writes about race, [captured the discussion in an article](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRg4uZcP0TmaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMC8wNi8yNi91cy9ibGFjay1hZnJpY2FuLWFtZXJpY2FuLXN0eWxlLWRlYmF0ZS5odG1sP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTM3JmVtYz1lZGl0X3JyXzIwMjAwNzA0Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTIwMDIzJm5sPXJhY2UlMkZyZWxhdGVkJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD0zMjYxMyZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKAEFcYQBf_n275VIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA) that noted that each name change — from Negro to African-American to Black — brings spirited discussion. On Monday, The New York Times [announced its decisio](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRg4uZcP0TGaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0Y28uY29tL3ByZXNzL3VwcGVyY2FzaW5nLWJsYWNrLz9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD0zNyZlbWM9ZWRpdF9ycl8yMDIwMDcwNCZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0yMDAyMyZubD1yYWNlJTJGcmVsYXRlZCZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MzI2MTMmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCgBBXGEAX_59u-VSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~)n to capitalize the term “Black.” We asked you for your thoughts. Here’s a selection of lightly edited responses: Edith Adams Allison, Amherst, Mass. As a psycholinguist, I believe we need more words for “white” people. (I am one of these). The words we use for skin and cultures are keeping things murky. We desperately need more vocabulary, in a whole new vein. Walter Gavin, producer and writer “Black” and “white” are both colors and cultures when referring to groups and individuals with shared characteristics and history and perhaps perspectives. Raceism is very real and isn’t going away any time soon. Individuals to be truly free must be self-defined. Beverly Abercrombie I’m a product of the 60s. I remember, “Say it loud, I’m Black and I’m proud.” Then African-Americans became the new phrase so that whites would have to capitalize our race. I refused to adopt the phrase African-Americans because for me that meant someone with ties to this country from the beginning. The one term we can all agree on is Black with a capital B. I don’t know if we will ever come to a consensus but my circle of friends know that when I use the term African-Americans I’m referring to people with a heritage to this country. Black, with a capital b refers to all my other brothers and sisters who share my skin. Pamela King I personally have always capitalized Black, which started in the late 60s. I’m Black and I’m Proud and do not refer to myself as African-American or a person of color. What is a person of color? That label came about because “minority” was degrading, but now all of the so-called racial groups (Blacks, Asians, Latino/Latinx, Native/Indian) are lumped again into a category. Moments of joy It isn’t hyperbolic to say the first half of 2020 has delivered a lot of bleak news — especially for people of color. And so we wanted to share the ways in which we are finding joy these days. Beginning with this newsletter, we will spotlight what we’re doing. Please tell us what you’ve been doing to find happiness and comfort. From Sharon Chan, Vice president of philanthropy at The New York Times: I’m a cliché. An Asian-American stereotype. I have played classical piano since the age of 4, taught by the humorless disciplinarian Asians of my immigrant parents’ generation. But when the pandemic broke out, the only instrument in my apartment was a ukulele. If you’re a musician, you play what you have. So I started playing the ukulele by watching YouTube tutorials and finding online teachers. I joined a [100-Day Challenge](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRg4uZcP0TEaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZmFjZWJvb2suY29tL2dyb3Vwcy8xMDBkYXlzb2Z1a2U_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9MzcmZW1jPWVkaXRfcnJfMjAyMDA3MDQmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MjAwMjMmbmw9cmFjZSUyRnJlbGF0ZWQmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTMyNjEzJnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgoAQVxhAF_-fbvlUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~) on Facebook where we share daily videos of our practice. This little instrument is delightfully simple with four strings instead of 88 keys. Its tone is as relentlessly chipper as Tweety Bird. My repertoire has diversified beyond Beethoven and Debussy to include Israel Kamakawiwo’ole, The Beatles and Post Malone. The ukulele teachers I have recently discovered are Asian-American like me — [Cynthia Lin](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRg4uZcP0SyaHR0cDovL3d3dy5jeW50aGlhbGluLmNvbS8_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9MzcmZW1jPWVkaXRfcnJfMjAyMDA3MDQmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MjAwMjMmbmw9cmFjZSUyRnJlbGF0ZWQmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTMyNjEzJnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgoAQVxhAF_-fbvlUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~), [Ukulenny](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRg4uZcP0StaHR0cHM6Ly91a3VsZW5ueS5jb20vP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTM3JmVtYz1lZGl0X3JyXzIwMjAwNzA0Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTIwMDIzJm5sPXJhY2UlMkZyZWxhdGVkJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD0zMjYxMyZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKAEFcYQBf_n275VIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA), [Brian Liu](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRg4uZcP0TBaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cueW91dHViZS5jb20vYnJpYW50ZWFjaGVzbXVzaWM_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9MzcmZW1jPWVkaXRfcnJfMjAyMDA3MDQmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MjAwMjMmbmw9cmFjZSUyRnJlbGF0ZWQmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTMyNjEzJnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgoAQVxhAF_-fbvlUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~). Like me, they grew up in America listening to Stevie Wonder. The story of the ukulele is the story of American immigration. Madeiran migrant workers brought the instrument to Hawaii in the late 1800s, where it was embraced by Hawaiian royalty. It inspired generations of native Hawaiian and Asian-American musicians. All hail this four-string ukulele — too frequently dismissed as a vacation souvenir or a child’s starter instrument. I hereby proclaim the ukulele — not the piano nor the violin — the true instrument of Asian America. EDITOR’S PICKS We publish many articles that touch on race. Here are several you shouldn’t miss. [[Article Image] Caitlin O'Hara for The New York Times](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRg4uZcP0T0aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMC8wNy8wMy91cy9wb2xpdGljcy9sYXRpbm9zLXBvbGljZS1yYWNpc20tYmxhY2stbGl2ZXMtbWF0dGVyLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9MzcmZW1jPWVkaXRfcnJfMjAyMDA3MDQmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MjAwMjMmbmw9cmFjZSUyRnJlbGF0ZWQmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTMyNjEzJnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgoAQVxhAF_-fbvlUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~)   [Latinos Back Black Lives Matter Protests. They Want Change for Themselves, Too. Many Latinos are pushing for an acknowledgment of the systemic racism they face, and a conversation about over-policing in their own communities. By Jennifer Medina](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRg4uZcP0T0aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMC8wNy8wMy91cy9wb2xpdGljcy9sYXRpbm9zLXBvbGljZS1yYWNpc20tYmxhY2stbGl2ZXMtbWF0dGVyLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9MzcmZW1jPWVkaXRfcnJfMjAyMDA3MDQmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MjAwMjMmbmw9cmFjZSUyRnJlbGF0ZWQmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTMyNjEzJnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgoAQVxhAF_-fbvlUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~) [[Article Image] Julia Hansen for The New York Times](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRg4uZcP0TxaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMC8wNy8wMi9zcG9ydHMvYmFza2V0YmFsbC9tYXlhLW1vb3JlLWpvbmF0aGFuLWlyb25zLWZyZWVkLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9MzcmZW1jPWVkaXRfcnJfMjAyMDA3MDQmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MjAwMjMmbmw9cmFjZSUyRnJlbGF0ZWQmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTMyNjEzJnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgoAQVxhAF_-fbvlUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~)   [On Pro Basketball W.N.B.A. Star’s Role in Freeing Man From Prison Shows Female Athletes at Forefront Largely outside of the limelight, athletes like Maya Moore, who helped win the freedom of Jonathan Irons in a questionable conviction, have led the charge for social change. By Kurt Streeter](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRg4uZcP0TxaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMC8wNy8wMi9zcG9ydHMvYmFza2V0YmFsbC9tYXlhLW1vb3JlLWpvbmF0aGFuLWlyb25zLWZyZWVkLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9MzcmZW1jPWVkaXRfcnJfMjAyMDA3MDQmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MjAwMjMmbmw9cmFjZSUyRnJlbGF0ZWQmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTMyNjEzJnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgoAQVxhAF_-fbvlUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~) [[Article Image]  ](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRg4uZcP0TbaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMC8wNy8wMS9ib29rcy9ib29rLXB1Ymxpc2hpbmctYmxhY2suaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD0zNyZlbWM9ZWRpdF9ycl8yMDIwMDcwNCZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0yMDAyMyZubD1yYWNlJTJGcmVsYXRlZCZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MzI2MTMmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCgBBXGEAX_59u-VSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~)   [‘A Conflicted Cultural Force’: What It’s Like to Be Black in Publishing An author, literary agent, marketer, publicist, editors and booksellers talk about how race affects their careers — and the books you read. By Concepción de León, Alexandra Alter, Elizabeth A. Harris and Joumana Khatib](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRg4uZcP0TbaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMC8wNy8wMS9ib29rcy9ib29rLXB1Ymxpc2hpbmctYmxhY2suaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD0zNyZlbWM9ZWRpdF9ycl8yMDIwMDcwNCZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0yMDAyMyZubD1yYWNlJTJGcmVsYXRlZCZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MzI2MTMmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCgBBXGEAX_59u-VSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~) [[Article Image] Jose A. Alvarado Jr. for The New York Times](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRg4uZcP0TxaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMC8wNi8yOS9kaW5pbmcvZHJpbmtzL2JsYWNrLXdpbmUtcHJvZmVzc2lvbmFscy1zb21tZWxpZXJzLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9MzcmZW1jPWVkaXRfcnJfMjAyMDA3MDQmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MjAwMjMmbmw9cmFjZSUyRnJlbGF0ZWQmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTMyNjEzJnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgoAQVxhAF_-fbvlUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~)   [The POUR Black Wine Professionals Demand to Be Seen It’s an old story, of being ignored, patronized or dismissed. But for Black retailers, sommeliers, writers and winemakers, the days of invisibility are over. By Eric Asimov](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRg4uZcP0TxaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMC8wNi8yOS9kaW5pbmcvZHJpbmtzL2JsYWNrLXdpbmUtcHJvZmVzc2lvbmFscy1zb21tZWxpZXJzLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9MzcmZW1jPWVkaXRfcnJfMjAyMDA3MDQmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MjAwMjMmbmw9cmFjZSUyRnJlbGF0ZWQmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTMyNjEzJnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgoAQVxhAF_-fbvlUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~) [[Article Image] Patrick Meinhardt/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRg4uZcP0TwaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMC8wNy8wMy93b3JsZC9hZnJpY2EvZ2VvcmdlLWZsb3lkLXByb3Rlc3RzLXBvbGljZS1hZnJpY2EuaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD0zNyZlbWM9ZWRpdF9ycl8yMDIwMDcwNCZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0yMDAyMyZubD1yYWNlJTJGcmVsYXRlZCZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MzI2MTMmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCgBBXGEAX_59u-VSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~)   [George Floyd’s Killing Prompts Africans to Call for Police Reform at Home Africans are increasingly pushing to hold police agencies to account and “decolonize” the repressive institutions they inherited from colonial rulers. By Abdi Latif Dahir, Ruth Maclean and Lynsey Chutel](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRg4uZcP0TwaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMC8wNy8wMy93b3JsZC9hZnJpY2EvZ2VvcmdlLWZsb3lkLXByb3Rlc3RzLXBvbGljZS1hZnJpY2EuaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD0zNyZlbWM9ZWRpdF9ycl8yMDIwMDcwNCZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0yMDAyMyZubD1yYWNlJTJGcmVsYXRlZCZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MzI2MTMmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCgBBXGEAX_59u-VSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~) [[Article Image] Laurence Ralph](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRg4uZcP0TraHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMC8wNi8zMC9vcGluaW9uL3RoZS10b3J0dXJlLWxldHRlcnMtcG9saWNlLXZpb2xlbmNlLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9MzcmZW1jPWVkaXRfcnJfMjAyMDA3MDQmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MjAwMjMmbmw9cmFjZSUyRnJlbGF0ZWQmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTMyNjEzJnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgoAQVxhAF_-fbvlUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~)   [The Scars of Being Policed While Black From unjustified stops of Black teenagers to a device to torment people in custody, racist police brutality runs deep. By Laurence Ralph](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRg4uZcP0TraHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMC8wNi8zMC9vcGluaW9uL3RoZS10b3J0dXJlLWxldHRlcnMtcG9saWNlLXZpb2xlbmNlLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9MzcmZW1jPWVkaXRfcnJfMjAyMDA3MDQmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MjAwMjMmbmw9cmFjZSUyRnJlbGF0ZWQmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTMyNjEzJnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgoAQVxhAF_-fbvlUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~) [[Article Image] Andrew Harnik/Associated Press](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRg4uZcP0TwaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMC8wNy8wMy9zcG9ydHMvZm9vdGJhbGwvd2FzaGluZ3Rvbi1yZWRza2lucy1uaWNrbmFtZS1uZmwuaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD0zNyZlbWM9ZWRpdF9ycl8yMDIwMDcwNCZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0yMDAyMyZubD1yYWNlJTJGcmVsYXRlZCZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MzI2MTMmdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCgBBXGEAX_59u-VSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~)   [Washington and the N.F.L. Might Change the Redskins Name. Why Now? The move toward changing a mascot name after decades of complaints underscores how America’s most popular sport has scrambled to keep up with shifts in public opinion. 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