"Attiah, 39, recounted in a Substack post that she had been dropped as a Post columnist after 11 years for speaking out against political violence, racial double standards, and America's apathy toward guns. The Post, she wrote, 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."
"Attiah noted that she was the last remaining Black full-time opinion columnist on the paper and blasted that Washington DC, one of the nation's most diverse regions, no longer has a paper that reflects the people it serves. Attiah said her firing was 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."
Karen Attiah was dropped as a Washington Post opinion columnist after 11 years following social-media posts about gun control, political violence and racial double standards. The Post accused her measured Bluesky posts of being unacceptable, 'gross misconduct' and of endangering the physical safety of colleagues, allegations she rejects as false. Attiah says the paper rushed to fire her without conversation and that the decision violated journalistic fairness and rigor. The departure followed reported clashes with opinion editor Adam O'Neal and offers of buyouts to writers who do not fit the editorial mix. Attiah was the last Black full-time opinion columnist and described the firing as part of a purge of Black voices. Ownership and political funding ties, including an Amazon $1m contribution to a fund linked to Donald Trump's second inauguration and an internal endorsement decision, were cited in the surrounding controversy.
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