re: District Donuts posted an apology on IG

FWIW, I'm pretty solidly on the "screw BA" side (as posted many times in the thread dedicated to it).

Ultimately, we don't really know. Are Ethiopian culinarians in NYC applying with BA? We don't know. BA hasn't really said.

Another important thing to note is that a lot of BA's staff is comprised of folks in journalism and communications, who have interest in food. Writing for a magazine and appearing on screen is a lot more than being a great cook.

Maybe there are tons of Ethiopian folks with a solid writing/communications background who also have the massive personality to be a video host? Maybe there also aren't Or maybe they're not interested in applying for BA.

I just don't know if I can 100% get behind the idea that these companies are intentionally shying away from people of color, when we aren't really looking into the full picture. (This is generally speaking on hiring specific people - BA has done a lot of other terrible things)

Someone on another thread mentioned that Sohla and Priya's videos are the least watched out of anyone else on the channel. Ultimately, BA is a business. While I do agree they should use their power/influence to make unfamiliar food more recognized, I also can understand why from a business standpoint it wasn't important to them. Businesses usually want to do whatever is the most financially successful. See: Food Network playing Chopped all day long.