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'Her comments are pretty bad. But it wasn't just a "few" ill-advised comments. There were many racist and homophobic tweets. A series of them, spread out over s

'Her comments are pretty bad. But it wasn't just a "few" ill-advised comments. There were many racist and homophobic tweets. A series of them, spread out over several years, including while she was an adult. But the real issue that cost her the job was that most of staff of the magazine she was going to run demanded she be fired.' Her comments are here in a NY Post article and pretty bad they are only if you are of the pearl clutching moral panic set. They are basic dumb stereotypes people mutter while driving. I suggest you actually read them. They arent spread over years as well as documented in the NY Post article, they are all from 2011 when Mccammond was a minor. And most of the staff did nothing, about 20 people on the staff made social media posts as documented in the original article. Your comment might be taken seriously if it wasn't just peppered with inaccuracies. https://nypost.com/2021/03/08/teen-vogue-staffers-call-out-new-editor-in-chief-over-anti-asian-tweets/ https://nypost.com/2021/03/08/teen-vogue-staffers-call-out-n...

gamblor956 6y ago
1) She was 18 when she made some of the tweets that got her fired. Those tweets (in the articles being discussed right now) aren't the only tweets that she made; those are simply the ones that were brought up this time. She also made a number of homophobic tweets as an adult and she apologized for those tweets in 2019 when she was first caught. 2) Almost every Asian person that has seen these tweets find them offensive. But thanks for deciding that Asian people don't get to find racist things racist. 3) Teen Vogue has a staff of fewer than 50, and that number includes non-employees. So yes, over half the company rejected her as a boss. That usually gets a person fired even if they're not openly racist.
- ipsocannibal 6y ago
  1. How about you provide links to said tweets to help us round out that picture. Also, when have you ever given a pre-emptive apology about anything? Apologies generally only happen when offense is recognized. 2. This is just the N billion Muslims will be offended argument repackaged. Pick an action and you can find a sufficiently large group of people to be offended by said action. And no one opinion expressed removes the ability for anyone else judge what they themselves thing is racist. To express otherwise is disingenuous. 3. Barely half is not most as you originally claimed and what about the other staff not in the vocal group of 20 or so. Does the minority opinion and that of say Anna Wintour not matter? Lastly, if you think most workplaces operate under the rules of Teen Vogue in terms of employees relationship to management you are going to have a hard worklife ahead of you.
  - gamblor956 6y ago
    1. Google is your friend. Some of the racist tweets were reposted, but most of the racist tweets (and all of the homophobic tweets) have been deleted. 2. Sure it is. But you don't get to decide whether someone else is offended by something. Especially when you're not in the group of people who were targeted by the statements. If McCammond had made similarly racist comments about Latinos or Blacks, she would never have been in the running for the job in the first place. 3. More than half of the employed staff voiced concerns based on her racist and homophobic actions in the past. Out of a staff of 45 (including interns and contractors), more than 20 employees said she wasn't suitable for the job. You clearly work in a tech environment where HR isn't a thing. I've worked more corporate jobs than you have. In any other company, if half of the employees said the incoming boss was a racist homophobe, and customers started pulling orders, that person's offer would have been withdrawn without hesitation.

gamblor956 6y ago

1) She was 18 when she made some of the tweets that got her fired. Those tweets (in the articles being discussed right now) aren't the only tweets that she made; those are simply the ones that were brought up this time. She also made a number of homophobic tweets as an adult and she apologized for those tweets in 2019 when she was first caught. 2) Almost every Asian person that has seen these tweets find them offensive. But thanks for deciding that Asian people don't get to find racist things racist. 3) Teen Vogue has a staff of fewer than 50, and that number includes non-employees. So yes, over half the company rejected her as a boss. That usually gets a person fired even if they're not openly racist.

ipsocannibal 6y ago
1. How about you provide links to said tweets to help us round out that picture. Also, when have you ever given a pre-emptive apology about anything? Apologies generally only happen when offense is recognized. 2. This is just the N billion Muslims will be offended argument repackaged. Pick an action and you can find a sufficiently large group of people to be offended by said action. And no one opinion expressed removes the ability for anyone else judge what they themselves thing is racist. To express otherwise is disingenuous. 3. Barely half is not most as you originally claimed and what about the other staff not in the vocal group of 20 or so. Does the minority opinion and that of say Anna Wintour not matter? Lastly, if you think most workplaces operate under the rules of Teen Vogue in terms of employees relationship to management you are going to have a hard worklife ahead of you.
- gamblor956 6y ago
  1. Google is your friend. Some of the racist tweets were reposted, but most of the racist tweets (and all of the homophobic tweets) have been deleted. 2. Sure it is. But you don't get to decide whether someone else is offended by something. Especially when you're not in the group of people who were targeted by the statements. If McCammond had made similarly racist comments about Latinos or Blacks, she would never have been in the running for the job in the first place. 3. More than half of the employed staff voiced concerns based on her racist and homophobic actions in the past. Out of a staff of 45 (including interns and contractors), more than 20 employees said she wasn't suitable for the job. You clearly work in a tech environment where HR isn't a thing. I've worked more corporate jobs than you have. In any other company, if half of the employees said the incoming boss was a racist homophobe, and customers started pulling orders, that person's offer would have been withdrawn without hesitation.