Why Washington Post fired me
Read the official termination letter for yourself.
Ever since I went public on Monday about my firing from the Washington Post, there has been a lot of misinformation about the stated reasons for my firing. A narrative that has taken hold is that I was fired for mentioning Charlie Kirk’s views on Black women.
And because I care about the truth, and even though this letter is already public, I wanted to clear things up myself.
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I was fired by email, without a conversation— after 11 years at the WaPo Opinions section as an editor and then columnist.
The letter, quotes my OTHER posts, not that one about Black women.
Here is the reasoning in the official termination letter that was sent to me last Thursday — which I categorically reject.
You can read it and judge for yourself.
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To this viewer, the HR letter appears to be standard corporate boilerplate written carefully to avoid liability and satisfy whomever has been assigned by the Trump WH to purge women of color from media positions. Long known to be racial bigots and fearful of women seeking fairness in the home and workplace, the Trump regime had you on their list. I believe that your new SubStack adventure will reward you more completely.
Never felt better for canceling my subscription to the WaPo months ago.