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The incoming editor-in-chief of Teen Vogue is facing accusations of racism after old tweets of hers have resurfaced that expressed anti-Asian sentiments.
New editor-in-chief Alexi McCammond is under fire for her series of insensitive tweets posted in 2011. While the offensive statements on Twitter were removed in 2019, Philadelphia sports blog
Crossing Broad had documented her remarks.
Twitter users had combed through McCammond s account after an unrelated quarrel with NBA analyst Charles Barkley, digging through her entire social media history for something compromising, and found the buried blurbs. [N]ow googling how to not wake up with swollen, Asian eyes. wrote McCammond in September 2011. One month later, she criticized her stupid Asian teaching assistant for the poor grade on her chemistry problem. The following month, McCammond tweeted: Outdone by Asian #whatsnew.
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