Steve Ladurantaye, editor of CBC´s `The National,´ reassigned after cultural appropriation flap
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The managing editor of CBC’s The National is being reassigned after wading into a controversial debate over cultural appropriation.Steve Ladurantaye was among the journalists who engaged in a late-night Twitter conversation last week that was sparked by a contentious magazine article advocating for more cultural appropriation in Canadian literature.CBC News general manager and editor-in-chief Jennifer McGuire says the incident “raised questions about CBC’s commitment to being a more inclusive and representative workplace in staffing, in leadership, and in content.�McGuire says Ladurantaye has made it his goal to “better understand the appropriation issue from the perspective of Canada’s indigenous people.�Read more: High-profile Canadian journalists pledge to raise money for ‘appropriation prize’Jonathan Kay resigns as editor of The Walrus amid ‘appropriation prize’ backlashWhat cultural appropriation is, and why you should care: ParadkarAn opinion piece in the Writers’ Union of Canada’s magazine, written by novelist and then-editor Hal Niedzviecki, suggested “anyone, anywhere, should be encouraged to imagine other peoples, other cultures, other identities.�It also suggested there should be an appropriation prize in literature.Former National Post editor Ken Whyte tweeted he would “donate $500 to the founding of the appropriation prize if someone else wants to organize.�Ladurantaye replied that he would contribute $100. He later deleted the tweet and apologized, saying “what I did was hurtful, and my apology is without condition.�“In short, I wasn’t thinking. I didn’t stop to think,� he said in a string of tweets.“That’s a problem. I need to address it. I didn’t stop to think about what it is like to not have my position or my power or my voice.�McGuire said the CBC supports L ...