Teen Vogue editor-in-chief appointee cancelled before day one over ten year old tweets

[Metaphor]

In a sign that the internet does not forget and cancellers cannot forgive, Alexi McCammond, who was hired as the new editor-in-chief for Vogue, is cancelled. (Rare shout out to the Guardian, which actually included the text of the offending tweets, which many other outlets did not)
https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2021/mar/09/teen-vogue-alexi-mccammond-tweets-employees-letter

Employees at Teen Vogue have sent a letter to publisher Condé Nast, protesting against the hiring of Alexi McCammond as editor-in-chief of the influential magazine.

It follows the resurfacing earlier this week of a series of racist tweets written by McCammond 10 years ago.
The tweets, dating from 2011 when McCammond was a student, were shared publicly by journalist Diana Tsui on Monday.
“Outdone by [an] Asian #whatsnew,” read one.
“Now Googling how to not wake up with swollen, Asian eyes,” read another.
Another said: “Give me a 2/10 on my chem problem, cross out all of my work and don’t explain what I did wrong … thanks a lot stupid Asian T.A [teaching assistant] you’re great.”
McCammond was formerly a reporter for the politics website Axios. She found herself in the national spotlight last month, when her relationship with TJ Ducklo was at the centre of a scandal over his behaviour which led him to resign as a communications aide to Joe Biden.
McCammond apologised for the tweets in 2019, when they were first publicised.

McCammond's obsequious apology certainly did not slake the mob's thirst for her blood (does it ever?)

Contacted for comment about McCammond’s tweets, Condé Nast said: “Alexi McCammond was appointed editor-in-chief of Teen Vogue because of the values, inclusivity and depth she has displayed through her journalism.

“Throughout her career she has dedicated herself to being a champion for marginalised voices. Two years ago she took responsibility for her social media history and apologised.”
The publisher also cited a note from McCammond to staff members which said: “I’m beyond sorry for what you have experienced over the last 24 hours because of me.
“You’ve seen some offensive, idiotic tweets from when I was a teenager that perpetuated harmful and racist stereotypes about Asian Americans. I apologised for them years ago, but I want to be clear today: I apologise deeply to all of you for the pain this has caused.
“There’s no excuse for language like that. I am determined to use the lessons I’ve learned as a journalist to advocate for a more diverse and equitable world. Those tweets aren’t who I am, but I understand that I have lost some of your trust, and will work doubly hard to earn it back.
“I want you to know I am committed to amplifying [Asian American] voices across our platforms, and building upon the groundbreaking, inclusive work this title is known for the world over.”
McCammond is due to start on 24 March.

McCammond did not start in the role and never will, though some have linked her posts from 2011 as 'contributing' to hatred of Asian-Americans:
https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2021/mar/22/teen-vogue-conde-nast-yu-tsai-photographer

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“McCammond’s actions contributed to the hate that we are facing today with the Asian community,” Tsai said.

Randi Bryant, a diversity and inclusivity consultant, said McCammond’s multiple apologies did not absolve her.
“There are some things people find difficult to forgive,” she said. “Forgiveness is about trust: do you trust this person is sincere in their apology and will not hurt you in the same way again?”
Bryant also said McCammond’s own ethnicity may have affected the reaction to her tweets.
“Racism is about power,” she said, “since minorities do not make policies or possess most of the power in the country, people may not react as strongly when a minority expresses prejudice.”

Interestingly, Bryant here repeats the line that McCammond's blackness (though I perceived her as white in the first photo I saw of her) prevents her comments being labelled 'racist' (merely 'prejudiced'), but she is not to be 'absolved' despite her apology. So, she is a powerless minority, but her ten year old tweets also had the power to contribute to anti-Asian hatred.

Some people are enigmas indeed.

 

[Trausti]

Don’t apologize. Decent people don’t want one and the zealots will never be satisfied.

 

[TV and credit cards]

Some on the left are even squeaking about this one. Saying this is getting out of hand. Hope people start coming to their senses and start putting some of this stuff in its proper context.
First fourteen year old boys acting like fourteen year old boys and now this. Rigoddamndiculous.

 

[Trausti]

Some on the left are even squeaking about this one. Saying this is getting out of hand. Hope people start coming to their senses and start putting some of this stuff in its proper context.
First fourteen year old boys acting like fourteen year old boys and now this. Rigoddamndiculous.

The Terror eventually came for Robespierre.

 

[thebeave]

Looks like Teen Vogue is on the verge of implosion:

https://www.foxnews.com/media/senior-teen-vogue-staffer-mccammonds-ousting-used-n-word-in-decade-old-tweets

A senior Teen Vogue staffer who posted a letter expressing concern about Alexi McCammond for past tweets racist against Asian Americans used the N-word in tweets from over 10 years ago herself.

It would be a shame if Teen Vogue shut down. I remember the despair I felt when Tiger Beat closed its doors. I don't want to go through that again.

 

[prideandfall]

so how exactly does the expected right-wing circle jerk you people are going to be doing over this square with your mentality that corporations are equivalent to human beings, and that no act of employee oppression or at-will firings mean anything in the larger scale of society?

i know for a fact that none of you give a single solitary fuck that activision fired 200 employees last week, while that same week giving their CEO a 200 million dollar bonus - so where is your indifference to this company fucking someone over for no reason?

 

[ZiprHead]

Surprised. A major magazine aimed at teens doesn't want a known bigot running their publication.

 

[ronburgundy]

Don’t apologize. Decent people don’t want one and the zealots will never be satisfied.

Unless of course you are sincerely sorry for having caused harm to others and publicly promoted what is without any doubt racial hatred. Of course, that is a motive for apologizing that only a decent and moral person would have so it's clear why that option never crossed your mind.

 

[Trausti]

Don’t apologize. Decent people don’t want one and the zealots will never be satisfied.

Unless of course you are sincerely sorry for having caused harm to others and publicly promoted what is without any doubt racial hatred. Of course, that is a motive for apologizing that only a decent and moral person would have so it's clear why that option never crossed your mind.

It’s that Stalin-like apology where you have to admit your guilt.

 

[laughing dog]

This woman did make apparent racist tweets 10 years ago. I think it is reasonable to find out if she has changed her views or not. A sincere explanation or apology is one way to ascertain that.

 

[Jimmy Higgins]

Don’t apologize. Decent people don’t want one and the zealots will never be satisfied.

Ain't that the truth... oh wait... you were talking about the woke movement.

10 year old tweets murder career.... 10 murdered by person. I can see why the right-wing woke would be so sensitive to this, over something that actually impacts people's lives.

 

[Jimmy Higgins]

This woman did make apparent racist tweets 10 years ago. I think it is reasonable to find out if she has changed her views or not. A sincere explanation or apology is one way to ascertain that.

Did she disclose these and apologize or were they unearthed? It looks like the Tweets were from when she was 17 though.

 

[ZiprHead]

This woman did make apparent racist tweets 10 years ago. I think it is reasonable to find out if she has changed her views or not. A sincere explanation or apology is one way to ascertain that.

Did she disclose these and apologize or were they unearthed? It looks like the Tweets were from when she was 17 though.

It looked to me like she was in college.

 

[laughing dog]

This woman did make apparent racist tweets 10 years ago. I think it is reasonable to find out if she has changed her views or not. A sincere explanation or apology is one way to ascertain that.

Did she disclose these and apologize or were they unearthed? It looks like the Tweets were from when she was 17 though.

According to the OP article, Ms. McCammond apologized for these comments in 2019 but these resurfaced when someone "shared them" again.

 

[Metaphor]

so how exactly does the expected right-wing circle jerk you people are going to be doing over this square with your mentality that corporations are equivalent to human beings, and that no act of employee oppression or at-will firings mean anything in the larger scale of society?

i know for a fact that none of you give a single solitary fuck that activision fired 200 employees last week, while that same week giving their CEO a 200 million dollar bonus - so where is your indifference to this company fucking someone over for no reason?

What does this whataboutism have to do with the OP? Were 200 employees fired for tweets they made a decade ago and had already addressed and (apparently sincerely) apologised for?

 

[Metaphor]

This woman did make apparent racist tweets 10 years ago. I think it is reasonable to find out if she has changed her views or not. A sincere explanation or apology is one way to ascertain that.

She did both.

 

[ronburgundy]

so how exactly does the expected right-wing circle jerk you people are going to be doing over this square with your mentality that corporations are equivalent to human beings, and that no act of employee oppression or at-will firings mean anything in the larger scale of society?

i know for a fact that none of you give a single solitary fuck that activision fired 200 employees last week, while that same week giving their CEO a 200 million dollar bonus - so where is your indifference to this company fucking someone over for no reason?

What does this whataboutism have to do with the OP? Were 200 employees fired for tweets they made a decade ago and had already addressed and (apparently sincerely) apologised for?

It exposes that you're upset about a private company acting like capitalists and acting selfishly to the detriment their employees, but it only bothers you when the employees being negatively impacted are bigots.

 

[Metaphor]

so how exactly does the expected right-wing circle jerk you people are going to be doing over this square with your mentality that corporations are equivalent to human beings, and that no act of employee oppression or at-will firings mean anything in the larger scale of society?

i know for a fact that none of you give a single solitary fuck that activision fired 200 employees last week, while that same week giving their CEO a 200 million dollar bonus - so where is your indifference to this company fucking someone over for no reason?

What does this whataboutism have to do with the OP? Were 200 employees fired for tweets they made a decade ago and had already addressed and (apparently sincerely) apologised for?

It exposes that you're upset about a private company acting like capitalists and acting selfishly to the detriment their employees, but it only bothers you when the employees being negatively impacted are bigots.

Ah - I see. McCammond is a bigot. She is the same person she was ten years ago at 17, or possibly worse. You are part of the never forget, never forgive, no redemption possible crowd.

 

[ronburgundy]

It exposes that you're upset about a private company acting like capitalists and acting selfishly to the detriment their employees, but it only bothers you when the employees being negatively impacted are bigots.

Ah - I see. McCammond is a bigot. She is the same person she was ten years ago at 17, or possibly worse. You are part of the never forget, never forgive, no redemption possible crowd.

Whether she remains a bigot or not is unknown. That she was a bigot is proven beyond doubt by her own words. But her current status is irrelevant to the fact that all you know about her is that she was a bigot and is being negatively impacted because of it, which is the only reason you are on her side but could care less if the same company due to it's same profit seeking motives fired her and 1000 others so they could give a billionaire CEO hundreds of millions more. It reveals that the only time you'll criticize capitalist greed is those rare instances when it has a negative impact on those who espouse bigotries that are bad for company profits.

 

[Trausti]

This woman did make apparent racist tweets 10 years ago. I think it is reasonable to find out if she has changed her views or not. A sincere explanation or apology is one way to ascertain that.

She did both.

And look what it got her.