In a deeply embarrassing meltdown, former Washington Post opinion editor Karen Attiah was fired for her heinous comments criticizing “white America” and the recently slain conservative Charlie Kirk. Her former employer wrote a letter explaining that these posts violated policies against making disparaging remarks based on race or gender, and that she was being let go.
For context, Attiah was unable to accept responsibility and cried her dismissal as part of an imaginary purge of Black voices. Additionally, she has threatened to sue her previous workplace. Other woke activists attempted to defend her, but the majority of the public saw through her transparent self-promotion.
In any case, the entitled Karen Attiah took to social media on Sept 15, 2025, to announce her firing. “Some news: I’ve been fired from the Washington Post. But my work will continue anyway. I was fired for ‘speaking out against political violence, racial double standards, and America’s apathy toward guns,” she alleged.
Still don’t blame others for her actions, the woke write complained, “I was the last remaining Black full-time opinion columnist at the Post, in one of the nation’s most diverse regions. 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.”
However, during her initial comments, which led to her firing, she adopted a more aggressive tone. “White America are not going to do what it needs to do to get rid of guns in their country. Part of what keeps America so violent is the insistence that people perform care, empty goodness and absolution for white men who espouse hatred and violence,” Attiah alleged.
Reacting to this easily understandable decision to fire this horrible journalist, the Washington Post Guild, a union, defended her, saying, “The Washington Post wrongly fired Opinions columnist Karen Attiah over her social media posts. The Post not only flagrantly disregarded standard disciplinary processes, it also undermined its own mandate to be a champion of free speech.”
However, a letter from The Washington Post, which informed Attiah about her firing, tells a much different story. “I am writing to inform you that The Post is terminating your employment effective immediately for gross misconduct. Your public comments on social media regarding the death of Charlie Kirk violate The Post’s social media policies, harm the integrity of our organization, and potentially endanger the physical safety of our staff,” Wayne Connell, the Chief HR Officer, wrote.
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Clearly laying out her infractions, the letter said that the Washington Post prohibits postings that disparage people based on their race, gender, or other protected characteristics. The policy also reminds employees that everything they post is a reflection on the Company and should not affect the integrity of The Post’s journalism.”
However, apparently, this was not her only infraction. The poor judgment exhibited in your public comments regarding Charlie Kirk arises against the backdrop of documented performance concerns that have been raised with you. Given these concerns, and in light of your recent unacceptable Bluesky posts, we cannot tolerate the risk your performance poses to The Post,” the administrator concluded.