The Latino Restaurant Association is calling on the organization to add more Latinos to its board of trustees.
A “fair and equitable representation of Latinos” would help the foundation in “embracing the diverse perspectives” necessary for it to carry out its work, wrote Lilly Rocha, the association’s executive director.
Currently, the James Beard Foundation’s board of trustees comprises 27 members, with seemingly just one Latino among them: Herb Scannell, the president and CEO of Southern California Public Radio. In an emailed statement to the, the foundation said that it’s talking with the Latino Restaurant Association about its letter. It declined to answer questions about how the board’s members are selected.
Christy Vega, the president of the L.A. Mexican restaurant Casa Vega and a board member of the association, told thethat she’s expressed similar frustrations in the past. She told James Beard CEO Clare Reichenbach that she could even give her names of potential Latino board members, including herself. However, Vega only heard back about how hard it was for the board to find Latino candidates.
Rocha’s, Vega’s, and the association’s frustrations have previously been voiced by others who point out that the James Beard Foundation has historically skewed extremely white and male. In 2018, it changed some of its policies and procedures to “increase gender, race, and ethnic representation,” according to the. Yet many still believe that the organization has a ways to go in achieving true equality.
“We’re demanding the respect that we deserve for really being the backbone of the restaurant industry in this country,” Rocha said. “We’re tired of being [told] ‘know your place, it’s in the back of the house.’ We want to make sure that we’re represented in all aspects of culinary.”
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