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Who is Christine Davitt?

CHRISTINE Davitt is a top staffer at Teen Vogue.

She expressed concern about racist tweets posted by the magazine's now-departed editor - but reportedly shared similar messages herself.

Christine Davitt is a top staffer at Teen Vogue
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Christine Davitt is a top staffer at Teen VogueCredit: Christine Davitt/Twitter

Who is Christine Davitt?

Christine Davitt is the senior social media manager at Teen .

She has been in the role for almost two years after previously working at Vanity Fair and New York Magazine.

On Twitter she describes herself as a "pop culture enthusiast and fat queer femme".

She attended the State University of New York and now lives in Brooklyn.

Tweets by Davitt using the N-word have surfaced
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Tweets by Davitt using the N-word have surfacedCredit: Christine Davitt/Twitter

What did Christine Davitt tweet?

In March 2021, to parent company Condé Nast calling for the magazine's soon-to-be editor to be removed for her insensitive tweets.

In their public statement, they noted that they had "built our outlet’s reputation as a voice for justice and change" and said: "We take immense pride in our work and in creating an inclusive environment."

McCammond had previously shared homophobic and anti-Asian tweets in 2011.

But it surfaced this week that and used it again in a separate post.

She wrote: "I love the contradictory nature of the phrase "white n****"."

Davitt has since made her Twitter profile private.

Alexi McCammond was due to become the new editor of Teen Vogue in March 2021
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Alexi McCammond was due to become the new editor of Teen Vogue in March 2021Credit: Getty

Why did Christine Davitt oppose hiring Alexi McCammond?

Davitt campaigned against McCammond being made editor of Teen Vogue due to a series of homophobic and racist tweets.

McCammond, 27, was due to take up her new role on March 24, 2021, but quit before she had even started after her "totally inexcusable" past posts mocking Asian people came to light.

In 2011, McCammond tweeted asking how not to wake up with "swollen Asian eyes".

She also shared that she was "outdone by an Asian", and in another said "thanks a lot stupid Asian" after a teaching assistant gave her a low score on a chemistry test.

The tweets were shared in a now-viral Instagram post by Diana Tsui, an editor at the website The Infatuation, who wrote: "I’m tired of big media organizations pretending to give a damn about diversity and inclusion.

"This especially is a slap in the face given what’s happened to Asian Americans in the past year."

Teen Vogue is an American publication, sister to Vogue
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Teen Vogue is an American publication, sister to Vogue

In the shared statement by Teen Vogue employees, Davitt said: "In a moment of historically high anti-Asian violence and amid the on-going struggles of the community, we as the staff of Teen Vogue fully reject those sentiments."

McCammond first apologized for the tweets when they circulated in 2019.

 in an email shared with .

She wrote: "I apologize deeply to all of you for the pain this has caused. There’s no excuse for language like that."

Alexi explained that her past statements had overshadowed the journalism she wanted to do to "lift up" vulnerable communities.

She added that these were "issues Teen Vogue has worked tirelessly to share with the world," which is why she has decided to resign.

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She wrote: "I should not have tweeted what I did and I have taken full responsibility for that."

She explained she was "so sorry to have used such hurtful and inexcusable language" when she was a 17-year-old, adding "at any point in my life, it’s totally inexcusable".

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