My parent is not telling the truth.

NYT has a "brown" person and an African-American on the current board of directors:

https://www.nytco.com/board-of-directors/

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_W._Rogers_Jr.

Editorial Board has an African-American (Brent Staples: Education, Criminal Justice, Economics) with 30year tenure .

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/opinion/editorialbo...