Activist who campaigned against Teen Vogue editor's hiring over racist tweets made racist tweets

[Trogdor the Burninator]

Kind of surprised that this didn't get more coverage given the blow-up and debate over the original story.

A senior Teen Vogue staffer who expressed concern about the racist tweets posted by the magazine's now-departed editor used the N-word in her own tweets.

Christine Davitt, a senior social media manager at Teen Vogue, wrote two tweets in 2009 to a friend identifying him as a 'ni--a,' and another in 2010 using the word 'ni--a', Fox News reported.

The friend to whom the comments were addressed appears to be white. Davitt said in multiple tweets that she is of Irish and Filipino descent.

After news of her tweets became public, Davitt's Twitter account was switched from public to private.

Alexi McCammond, 27, lost the top job at Teen Vogue even before she was able to assume the new role after staff members complained about racist comments she posted about Asian Americans when she was a teenager.

Teen Vogue staffer who supported ouster of new editor used 'N-word' in her own decade-old tweets | Daily Mail Online

Also interesting, for two reasons.

1 - Teen Vogue is now copping additional heat for refusing to fire Christine Davitt, who is eurasian, for the exact same reason she targetted Alexi McCammond, who is black

2 - They now have a social media manager who has blocked all her social media accounts due to the backlash.

 

[Ana the Ist]

Kind of surprised that this didn't get more coverage given the blow-up and debate over the original story.



Teen Vogue staffer who supported ouster of new editor used 'N-word' in her own decade-old tweets | Daily Mail Online

Also interesting, for two reasons.

1 - Teen Vogue is now copping additional heat for refusing to fire Christine Davitt, who is eurasian, for the exact same reason she targetted Alexi McCammond, who is black

2 - They now have a social media manager who has blocked all her social media accounts due to the backlash.

Pot and kettle.

I don't know how this is news. Does someone read Teen Vogue?

 

[Pommer]

Pot and kettle.

I don't know how this is news. Does someone read Teen Vogue?

Is everything okay at Seventeen?

 

[Ana the Ist]

Is everything okay at Seventeen?

I haven't been to Supercuts in come years now.....the dentists' office perhaps?

 

[Trogdor the Burninator]

Pot and kettle.

I don't know how this is news. Does someone read Teen Vogue?

Haha - fair point. I figure all three of their readers may be upset by this.

 

[Norbert L]

Pot and kettle.

I don't know how this is news. Does someone read Teen Vogue?

It's another example of cancel culture, that it's still here with us. When someone said something in their past on media and years and years later it's used to publicly shun a person and take away their livelihood.

Imo this not something to be swept under the rug either.

 

[The IbanezerScrooge]

Dang it. I can't figure out whose side to be on.

Does anyone know how either of them voted?

 

[KarateCowboy]

Is everything okay at Seventeen?

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