In order to escape a cabin full of white guys, a hyperwoke former editor of Vogue proudly declared that she had self-downgraded from first class on a flight to Milan.
The announcement was posted by 34-year-old Gabriella Karefa-Johnson on her Threads profile on Tuesday night.
“I just downgraded myself from first class to business class on my flight to Milan,” the journalist from Brooklyn wrote. Five of the six people in the cabin were white middle-aged men. Then there was me, a black woman in her 30s who frequently flies in that cabin, and a male flight attendant who assumed I would put up with poor service and constant microaggressions as soon as I sat down. “He was… incorrect,” Karefa-Johnson went on. “I don’t put up with idiots, and I would sooner forego physical comfort than risk my emotional and mental health.”
Karefa-Johnson did not go into specifics about the microaggressions she said she experienced.
The’substandard service’ she received was also not explained by her. We plan to get in touch with her for more information.
The business class cabin she relocated to would also have flat-bed seats and plenty of amenities, so the progressive activist’s statement about “sacrificing physical comfort” was probably exaggerated.
Former Vogue fashion editor Gabriella Karefa-Johnson, 34, claims that she downgraded herself from first class on a flight because the premium section was crowded with “white middle-aged men.”
Karefa-Johnson, who left Vogue in 2023 after launching a tirade against Israel following the October 7 slaughter, received a ton of acclaim for her demotion right away.You deserve to be everywhere, therefore I’m sad you had to do that. One whining follower wrote, “They belong in economy,” with the word “they” seemingly referring to white guys. I wholeheartedly concur! Karefa-Johnson answered. It’s unfortunate that racism includes humiliation as a form of satisfaction. I detest that defending my tranquility felt like giving him the upper hand.
Karefa-Johnson’s airline of choice is unknown.
The only airlines that provide direct flights with first and business class from New York JFK to Milan are American and Emirates.
In 2021, Karefa-Johnson, a vocal fashion designer and pundit, made headlines as the first black woman to style a Vogue cover.
When Kanye West introduced ‘White Lives Matter’ clothing in 2022, she became embroiled in a public dispute with the rapper while serving as the fashion outlet’s contributing editor-at-large.
A business class cabin on Emirates. There are just two airlines that provide first and business class cabins on direct flights between Milan and New York JFK.
A business class cabin on Emirates. There are just two airlines that provide first and business class cabins on direct flights between Milan and New York JFK.
Karefa-Johnson, who wore a statement sweater at Copenhagen Fashion Week last August, has been outspoken about the Gaza crisis. Following an anti-Israel tirade, she resigned from her position at Vogue.
Karefa-Johnson, who wore a statement sweater at Copenhagen Fashion Week last August, has been outspoken about the Gaza crisis. Following an anti-Israel tirade, she resigned from her position at Vogue.
Following an anti-Israel tirade in which she compared Israel’s defense force to a “terrorist organization,” Gabriella Karefa-Johnson, editor-at-large for Vogue, removes her job title from her Instagram bio.
Karefa-Johnson attacked the rapper for his “deeply offensive, violent, and dangerous” politics when she opposed the fashion launch.
In response, West mocked her attire online and claimed she didn’t understand fashion.
According to Karefa-Johnson, the event caused her to develop “fat phobia” on social media, where she was bombarded by “people talking about my body and the way I look.”
Following the October 7 terrorist strikes by Hamas, the designer made news once more a year later when she abruptly left Vogue after delivering a divisive anti-Israel tirade.
In her response to the horrific attacks that claimed the lives of over 1,400 Israelis, Karefa-Johnson provoked uproar by accusing Israel of committing “genocide” and likening the IDF to a “terrorist organization.”At the time, she said on her Instagram, “It’s so disappointing to see the complete lack of understanding of the basic tenets and tactics of colonization, and one’s willingness to justify and defend those systems which have only ever oppressed.”Oh no. “I detest it when Instagram exposes me to things about the people I follow and their dreadful ideologies,” she continued in the post.
She quickly altered her Instagram bio from “global contributing editor-at-large for Vogue” to just “many things” after quitting the fashion outlet over the incident.
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