. He cited the valet affair as one of the reasons he would not be able to work constructively with Lougee. Hoffman had been on a slate of nominees put forward by Standard General, which owns 9% of Tegna.
He continued, “You are the CEO of a major media company that touches and influences the lives of millions of Americans. As such, I am deeply concerned about your capacity to perceive a person of color as anything other than invisible, insignificant or in service to you. This lack of awareness and sentience is what experts today call ‘unconscious bias.'”
A Tegna spokeswoman referred Deadline to Lougee’s previous letter when asked for a response to Hoffman’s latest charges. In addition to his apology, Lougee highlighted Tegna’s record of emphasizing diversity in its hiring practices. About 37% of Tegna’s new hires last year were people of color, the company said, and 25% of its 6,427 employees were people of color as of the end of 2020. “This unfortunate incident underscores just how important this work is for all of us,” Lougee wrote.
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