Alexi McCammond, a Teen Vouge’s editor, has resigned over anti-Asian posts she tweeted when she was a teenager after it resurfaced online.
Her posts, which cost Conde Nast a seven-figure ad campaign, include one in which she wrote: “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. you’re great.”
In another tweet, she said: “Googling how to not wake up with swollen Asian eyes.”
Her posts were written in 2011 and just resurfaced after she became the new editor of Teen Vogue.
Reports say that Conde Nast, Teen Vogue’s publisher, stood by her and let her keep the position. But employees did not like it when she was allowed to keep her job. They wrote an open letter demanding that McCammond be replaced and even complained directly to CEO Robert Lynch.
According to The New York Times, Conde Nast HR boss Stan Duncan revealed that CEO Robert Lynch and Anna Wintour knew about the old tweets but still gave her the job.
McCammond took to Twitter to apologize and said in a statement: “My past tweets have overshadowed the work I’ve done to highlight the people and issues that I care about – issues that Teen Vogue has worked tirelessly to share with the world – and so Conde Nast and I have decided to part ways.
“I should not have tweeted what I did and I have taken full responsibility for that. I look at my work and growth in the years since, and have redoubled my commitment to growing in the years to come as both a person and as a professional.”
She continued: “I wish the talented team at Teen Vogue the absolute best moving forward. Their work has never been more important, and I will be rooting for them.”
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