Our coverage was racist for decades: Nat Geo

Magazine digs up its past, when people of colour were crudely stereotyped, for issue on race

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Months ago, when National Geographic set out to make race the sole focus of its April 2018 issue, it decided to engage in some soul-searching.

For much of its 130-year history, the magazine depicted people of colour in crude stereotypes.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Sunday Times on March 18, 2018, with the headline Our coverage was racist for decades: Nat Geo. Subscribe