I was the first black woman editor at the New York Times Magazine – that's crazy! I'm not that old where you'd think I could be the New York Times' first anything, but I was... People wanted to know about things, they had questions about my hair, they wanted to know where I was from, they wanted to know if I only listen to hip-hop. When people aren't exposed to difference, there's a lot of burden put on you to explain... (Veronica Chambers)

I was the first black woman editor at the New York Times Magazine – that's crazy! I'm not that old where you'd think I could be the New York Times' first anything, but I was... People wanted to know about things, they had questions about my hair, they wanted to know where I was from, they wanted to know if I only listen to hip-hop. When people aren't exposed to difference, there's a lot of burden put on you to explain...

Veronica Chambers

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