On Monday (September 15), journalist Washington Post Karen Attiah said she was released last week for what the newspapers considered “unacceptable” contributions to social media as a result of the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. She added that she was the latest writer Black Power full -time on employees.
“As a publicist, I used my voice to defend freedom and democracy, questioned power and thought about culture and politics with honesty and beliefs,” Attiah wrote about Sustack. “Now I’m the one who was silenced – for the job.”
Expressing concern over political violence
Attiah explained that her contributions written after Kirka’s death reflected “sadness and fear of America” and condemned the country’s tolerance to it Political violence.
“My most widespread thread was not even about activist Charlie Kirk, who was terribly murdered, but about the political assassinations of Minnesota lawmaker Melissa Hortman, her husband and her dog,” she said. “I pointed to the well -known pattern of America, which shredded the death of weapons, and I gave compassion for white men who commit political violence and claim political violence.”
She stressed that her comment was “descriptive and supported by data” and that Kirk only referred to once and quoted it that she was saying prominent black women like Michelle Obama and Sheila Jackson Lee, “she didn’t have the power of brain processing.”
Accusations and rejection of claims
Attiah said Washington had accused her of “gross misconduct” and said that her contributions were threatened by the safety of colleagues – the accusation she refused.
“They rushed to fire me without conversation. It wasn’t just an overlap, but a violation of the standards of journalistic justice and strict ones, which claims to adhere,” she wrote.
Reflections on suspicious and media coverage
Attiah noted that Tyler Robinson, 22, has since been accused of killing Kirk, a white man who strengthens her earlier commentary on the response of society to violence by white men.
“My words about the absolution for the violence of white men have proved to be a harbinger,” she wrote. “The media is now painting Robinson as a good, All-American Suburban Kid and the cycle I mentioned, went through again.”
A wider pattern of silence of black voices
Attiah framed her fire in a systemic problem.
“Washington DC no longer has a paper that reflects the people they serve,” she wrote. “What happened to me is part of a wider cleaning of black voices from the academic community, business, government and the media – a historical formula as dangerous as it is shameful – and tragic.”
Heritage and past work
She emphasized her achievements, including the establishment of a section of global opinions and hiring journalists who faced censorship abroad.
“In 2017, I hired Saudi journalists Jamal Khashoggi and worked closely with him until he was murdered by the Saudi regime in Istanbul – simply to express himself,” Attiah said. “For years, I have put my safety on the line to publicly promote justice and responsibility in my murder.”
Context in media fire wool
Attiah’s end comes shortly after MSNBC fired political analyst Matthew Dowd for calling Kirk calling a “dividing” character who spread “hateful speeches”.
Her shooting reflects a wider trend in which employees faced the consequences for Kirk’s critical posts or perceived as a celebration of his death.
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Background and personal profile
Karen Attiah was born in the northeastern Texas of Nigerian Ghanai parents and studied communication at Northwestern University and won a master’s degree in international affairs at Columbia University. She worked as a world bank media, freelance reporters and an additional professor in Columbia. Attiah is a martial artist and a competitor Muay Thai and won a silver medal at 2021 US Muay Thai Open.
Career
Karen Attiah is an American writer, commentator and editor known for her work on race, gender, culture, human rights and international affairs.
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Achievements
Attiah received international recognition for covering the assassination of Jamal Khashoggi, won the George Polk Award 2019 and was appointed journalist of the Year of the National Association of Black Journalists. She is also the founder of the Summer School of Resistance, hosts the podcast of Karen Attiah and wrote an influential work on AI bias and diversity. In September 2025, after the death of Charlie Kirk was released from a post on social media.
Her career peaks include the establishment of the Post Global Opinion section, defending freedom of the press after the murder of Jamal Khashoggi and getting more awards for journalistic perfection.
In 2014 she joined Washington Post, in 2016 she became the founding editor of the Global Stunces section and was promoted to the journalist in 2021.
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