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Black ex-Vogue editor says she self-downgraded from first class on flight to Milan after realizing premium cabin was filled with white men
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Posted on 02/25/2026 10:40:34 AM PST by algore

A hyperwoke former Vogue editor proudly announced that she self-downgraded from first class on a flight to Milan to avoid a cabin filled with white men.

Gabriella Karefa-Johnson, 34, made the declaration on her Threads profile Tuesday evening.

The Brooklyn-based journalist wrote: 'I just downgraded myself from first class to business class on my flight to Milan.

'In a cabin of six, five of the passengers were white middle-aged men... then there was me, a 30-something black woman who travels in that cabin often, and a male flight attendant who thought I'd be okay with substandard service and persistent micro-aggression from the moment I sat down.

'He was... wrong,' Karefa-Johnson continued. 'I don't suffer fools, and I would sacrifice physical comfort to protect my emotional and mental well-being any day.'

Karefa-Johnson did not detail the microaggressions she claimed to have suffered.

The progressive activist's pronouncement about 'sacrificing physical comfort' was likely overblown, given that the business class cabin she moved to would also offer flat-bed seats and copious amenities.

Karefa-Johnson, who quit Vogue in 2023 after posting an anti-Israel rant in the wake of the October 7 massacre, quickly attracted gushing praise for her downgrade.

During her tenure as contributing editor-at-large of the fashion outlet, she got into a public feud with Kanye West after the rapper launched 'White Lives Matter' apparel in 2022.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


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To: BradyLS

Excellent reference to civil rights history. Rosa Parks had to endure disdain and threats for her actions. For this?


81 posted on 02/25/2026 12:04:53 PM PST by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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To: DeplorablePaul
Apparently this was a meme that I sometimes missed. I saw a watch with it on the dial yesterday.


82 posted on 02/25/2026 12:05:29 PM PST by xp38
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To: algore

Rosa Parks just shed a tear in heaven.


83 posted on 02/25/2026 12:07:24 PM PST by dblshot
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To: algore

And what do you suppose would happen if it was full of black men?
Jesse Jackson…
“There is nothing more painful to me … than to walk down the street and hear footsteps and start thinking about robbery, then look around and see somebody white and feel relieved.”


84 posted on 02/25/2026 12:07:55 PM PST by albie
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To: algore

Look at the equally racist comments shown in the article.


85 posted on 02/25/2026 12:11:09 PM PST by Williams (Thank God for the election of President Trump!)
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To: algore

And then ran off to the media to cry about it?

And then the compliant media tried to make a virtuous hero out of this fugly racist?

There’s no reason on earth that anyone should know or care about this idiot.

I went grocery shopping today and they were out of lettuce so I bought cabbage instead. Then I contacted all of my local TV stations to report this outrage but they seemed oddly uninterested.

Next time I’ll try the Daily Mail.


86 posted on 02/25/2026 12:13:02 PM PST by PermaRag (Facts, context, and more facts)
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To: Opinionated Blowhard

The woman is a full-blown hateful racist. She is actually criticizing the flight attendant for believing it is acceptable to seat her in a room with white people.
Hard to wrap your mind around but she’s actually criticizing the flight attendant for showing her to her assigned seat in the best class of service available on the plane.


87 posted on 02/25/2026 12:13:58 PM PST by Williams (Thank God for the election of President Trump!)
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To: cgbg

Maybe because it was an Emirates flight she didn’t think there would be white people on it? And yes this is the mindset that’s running the Democrat Party and they do want to see many classes of decent people killed.


88 posted on 02/25/2026 12:15:47 PM PST by Williams (Thank God for the election of President Trump!)
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To: algore

Sent herself to the back of the bus, very appropriate.


89 posted on 02/25/2026 12:17:25 PM PST by Ronald77 ( )
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To: algore
substandard service and persistent micro-aggression

"I call your micro-aggression and raise you a honky macro-aggression."

LOL!! We are living amongst crazy racist people !!

90 posted on 02/25/2026 12:22:14 PM PST by JesusIsLord
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To: Liz

she also a queen


91 posted on 02/25/2026 12:22:35 PM PST by mowowie
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To: OldHarbor

Ah, but treating her like everyone else iS the microaggression. She wanted her butt kissed.


92 posted on 02/25/2026 12:25:17 PM PST by Wiser now (Socialism does not eliminate poverty, it guarantees it.you have to consider this:)
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To: JesusIsLord

When you have the Race Card to play fat and stupid is a way to go through life!


93 posted on 02/25/2026 12:29:38 PM PST by Reily
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To: algore

She is a downgrade.


94 posted on 02/25/2026 12:37:38 PM PST by mikey_hates_everything
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To: Liz

Wow. That woman is/was a celebrity stylist and Vogue editor? LOL

She was a low level contributing editor, not Diana Vreeland reincarnated. She claims she quit her job after she lost self-control on social media. Sounds like she was immediately fired. She claims she self downgraded. Sounds like she ran out of miles but tried to bluff her way into a better seat. Some people just cannot keep themselves from lying.


95 posted on 02/25/2026 12:40:07 PM PST by ladyjane
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To: Fungi

Wal-Mart? Yep.


96 posted on 02/25/2026 12:42:52 PM PST by who knows what evil? (Hospitals are the most dangerous place on Earth! Dr. David Williams)
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To: Fungi
They got this part correct:

During her tenure as contributing editor-at-large of the fashion outlet

97 posted on 02/25/2026 12:43:41 PM PST by daniel boob (Cautiously lurking since June 2000)
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To: BradyLS

It’s OK; she didn’t pay.


98 posted on 02/25/2026 12:45:20 PM PST by Romulus ( )
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To: Liz

Whale
Cow are you?
My favorite greeting for ghettopotomus’s.


99 posted on 02/25/2026 1:02:01 PM PST by 9422WMR
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To: Fungi

I did. Reminds me of another overweight and overwrought Johnson - Caryn.


100 posted on 02/25/2026 1:09:37 PM PST by sauropod
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