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Karen Attiah
@KarenAttiah
Ghanaian. Nigerian. Texan. Global. Former writer and editor at @WashingtonPost. Radical Headmistress and Founder, @ResistSummerSch
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Born August 12
Joined October 2008
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    Karen Attiah
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    Jun 16
    Texas A&M banned Martin Peterson, a philosophy professor, from teaching Plato —claiming it violated the state's policies on "gender ideology". I'll be in conversation with Peterson to discuss Plato and censorship June 24th at 12 pm ET. Register here! resistancestudiesseries.com/salon
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    Karen Attiah
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    Sep 29, 2017
    Flint. Puerto Rico. What good is being the most powerful nation in the world if we can't even get clean water to American citizens??
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    Karen Attiah
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    Feb 24, 2022
    The thing about history is... these times we are living in are very, very precedented.
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    Karen Attiah
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    Jun 23, 2018
    This tweet is not “racially charged”. It’s not “racially divisive”. It's not “racialist”, or “sparking racial controversy.” This tweet is straight up racist and the media should call it so.
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    Karen Attiah
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    Dec 6, 2019
    Jamal Khashoggi is trending on Twitter in the United States. Saudi Arabia's regime wants us to forget Jamal, and move on. They have failed. I am still amazed and inspired by how the world really has not let his name and legacy fade away, a year after his murder. Grateful.
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    Karen Attiah
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    Jul 26, 2019
    Absolutely absurd that Trump has reacted more angrily to the Prime Minister of Sweden over the arrest of a rapper than to Saudi Arabia over the vicious killing of U.S. resident and @washingtonpost writer Jamal #Khashoggi. Signed, A Member of the "African American Community"
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    Donald J. Trump
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    Jul 25, 2019
    Very disappointed in Prime Minister Stefan Löfven for being unable to act. Sweden has let our African American Community down in the United States. I watched the tapes of A$AP Rocky, and he was being followed and harassed by troublemakers. Treat Americans fairly! #FreeRocky
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    Karen Attiah
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    Jan 9, 2021
    Houston Chronicle is demanding that @tedcruz resign.
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    Editorial: Resign, Senator Cruz. Your lies cost lives.
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    Karen Attiah
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    Sep 8, 2022
    Black and brown people around the world who were subject to horrendous cruelties and economic deprivation under British colonialism are allowed to have feelings about Queen Elizabeth. After all, they were her "subjects" too.
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    Karen Attiah
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    Feb 2, 2021
    Rihanna has raised her voice for social justice movements in Sudan, Nigeria, and now India, and Myanmar. She is a REAL ONE.
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    Karen Attiah
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    Jun 1, 2020
    Considering how George Floyd was killed, cops taking a knee is not the feel-good visual so many of y'all think it is.
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    Karen Attiah
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    Aug 27, 2020
    That 17-year-old shooter and the Kenosha militias are precisely why the @nytimes running that Tom Cotton op-Ed promoting the use of “overwhelming force” to subdue protestors was so dangerous.
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    Karen Attiah
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    Dec 15, 2021
    “Rarely, if ever, are any of us healed in isolation. Healing is an act of communion." - bell hooks
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    Karen Attiah
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    Jul 31, 2024
    Oh my God. Oh my god.
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    Karen Attiah
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    Sep 15, 2025
    Some news: I've been fired from the Washington Post. But my work will continue anyway. api.omarshehata.me/substack-proxy…
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