Zuri, former vice-chair of the charity, said in their resignation letter they had remained at the charity for two years “despite it being a hostile work environment from the beginning,” but they could “confidently say that The Vegan Society is not a safe place for young people, for Black people, for queer people or for any other marginalised people.”
Five trustees resign from 'toxic' board of The Vegan Society
www.thirdsector.co.uk
The Daily Mail has managed to find a slightly more ridiculous-sounding angle:
Five quit Vegan Society amid 'racism and transphobia' allegations
Five trustees quit the Vegan Society last month amid allegations of institutional racism and transphobia in what was described by one resigning trustee as a 'toxic environment'.
www.dailymail.co.uk
... although I don't see an actual quote by Zuri in the article using the phrase "cultural appropriation", and you can of course trust the Daily Mail to come up with a sensationalist article to make fun of vegans any day of the week, so I would take what they're saying with a healthy grain of salt.[Zuri has] written how veganism was coined by a 'white man' but 'hippy vegan food' is based upon culinary traditions including dal from Pakistan, tofu and wheat from China and hummus from the Middle East.
Anyway, sounds intense!