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New Delhi, Sept. 15 -- Washington Post columnist Karen Attiah said on Monday (September 15) that she was fired last week over what the newspaper deemed "unacceptable" social media posts in the wake of conservative activist Charlie Kirk's assassination. She added that she was the last full-time Black opinion writer on staff.
"As a columnist, I used my voice to defend freedom and democracy, challenge power and reflect on culture and politics with honesty and conviction," Attiah wrote on Substack. "Now, I am the one being silenced - for doing my job."
Attiah explained that her posts, written after Kirk's death, reflected "sadness and fear for America" while condemning the country's tolerance of political violence.
"My most widely shared thread was not even about activist Charlie Kirk, who was horribly murdered, but about the political assassinations of Minnesota lawmaker Melissa Hortman, her husband and her dog," she said. "I pointed to the familiar pattern of America shrugging off gun deaths, and giving compassion for white men who commit and espouse political violence."
She emphasized that her commentary was "descriptive,...