Samuelsson: Black Art Is Misunderstood Due to Lack of Diverse Editors
Marcus Samuelsson · Start with a story, cook up success (with legendary chef and restauranteur Marcus Samuelsson) · Jan 16, 2024 · at 25:29
Chef Marcus Samuelsson discusses why he launched media initiatives alongside his Harlem restaurant Red Rooster to shape coverage of Black culinary culture.
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“One of the things as a black person, very often our arts get miscommunicated or misunderstood because there's not a lot of people of color that are in the writing or in the editor process.”
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