Karen Attiah - Last Black Full Time Columnist at WaPo Fired

[JustAnotherGen]

Posted in the African American Group

I may not have always agreed with her on everything, but she was a damn good columnist. Also note - she was Jamal Kashoggi's editor.
https://karenattiah.substack.com/p/the-washington-post-fired-me-but

My journalistic and moral values for balance compelled me to condemn violence and murder without engaging in excessive, false mourning for a man who routinely attacked Black women as a group, put academics in danger by putting them on watch lists, claimed falsely that Black people were better off in the era of Jim Crow, said that the Civil Rights Act was a mistake, and favorably reviewed a book that called liberals “Unhumans”. In a since-deleted post, a user accused me of supporting violence and fascism. I made clear that not performing over-the-top grief for white men who espouse violence was not the same as endorsing violence against them.

My only direct reference to Kirk was one post— his own words on record.

Note - It was his own words she posted: "Black women not having the brain processing power to be taken seriously. You have to go steal a white person's slot."

My commentary received thoughtful engagement across platforms, support, and virtually no public backlash.

And yet, the Post accused my measured Bluesky posts of being "unacceptable”, “gross misconduct” and of endangering the physical safety of colleagues — charges without evidence, which I reject completely as false. They rushed to fire me without even a conversation—claiming disparagement on race. This was not only a hasty overreach, but a violation of the very standards of journalistic fairness and rigor the Post claims to uphold.

Since then, my words on absolution for white male violence have proven prescient. The suspect in Kirk’s killing is indeed a young white man, and already, lawmakers are urging us to pray for him. The media is painting the 22 year-old as a good, all-American suburban kid. The cycle I mentioned has once again come to pass.

I was the last remaining Black full-time opinion columnist at the Post, in one of the nation’s most diverse regions. Washington D.C. no longer has a paper that reflects the people it serves. What happened to me is part of a broader purge of Black voices from academia, business, government, and media — a historical pattern as dangerous as it is shameful — and tragic.

I think that's it for me and amazon for streaming. I can get acorn, britbox and amc elsewhere.

[cilla4progress]

1. All kinds of critics of Kirk being fired - many POC.

While he stoked violence, racism and misogyny, as do his supporters.

Upside down world.

[JustAnotherGen]

2. I think they think

That if they silence us, our beliefs will.

Writing Charlie Kirk's words shouldn't be a fireable offense.

[Keepthesoulalive]

3. Bezos owns the post

He helped elect the orange monster and sat at his inauguration beaming with his doll, I can’t use the word I’m thinking because I would probably be banned. Unfortunately I still have to use Amazon for some things but I buy local when I can. They don’t want to see any black faces.

[JustAnotherGen]

4. Bezos doesn't care

About anyone other than himself. Also, he's trashy.

[Keepthesoulalive]

5. Don't get me started.

[JustAnotherGen]

6. It's too bad

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He and whatshername are past child bearing age -

Their kid was definitely going to be caught on camera shoelees, shirtless, with a kool aid stain around his mouth. Money doesn't buy class.

There - I did it for you.

[Keepthesoulalive]

7. Thanks you cleaned it up

But my husband and I call him a ball headed freak like doctor Evil in Austin Powers.

[JustAnotherGen]

8. Oh

That's spot on!