{"id":427265,"date":"2022-04-05T20:45:58","date_gmt":"2022-04-05T17:45:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/amber-athey-fired-for-likening-kamala-harris-suit-to-ups-uniform\/"},"modified":"2022-04-05T20:45:58","modified_gmt":"2022-04-05T17:45:58","slug":"amber-athey-fired-for-likening-kamala-harris-suit-to-ups-uniform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/amber-athey-fired-for-likening-kamala-harris-suit-to-ups-uniform\/","title":{"rendered":"#Amber Athey fired for likening Kamala Harris&#8217; suit to UPS uniform"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a40632d748f9\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span 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class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/amber-athey-fired-for-likening-kamala-harris-suit-to-ups-uniform\/#%E2%80%9CAmber_Athey_fired_for_likening_Kamala_Harris_suit_to_UPS_uniform%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Amber Athey fired for likening Kamala Harris&#8217; suit to UPS uniform&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CAmber_Athey_fired_for_likening_Kamala_Harris_suit_to_UPS_uniform%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Amber Athey fired for likening Kamala Harris&#8217; suit to UPS uniform&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>A conservative writer and commentator says she was fired from a radio job and accused of being racist after joking that a brown suit worn by Vice President Kamala Harris looked like a UPS uniform.<\/p>\n<p>Amber Athey, the Washington editor for The Spectator magazine\u2019s world edition, claimed she lost her regular spot on DC talk station WMAL after she referenced the delivery giant\u2019s slogan in a tweet about Harris\u2019 attire at the State of the Union address.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKamala looks like a UPS employee \u2014 what can brown do for you?\u201d Athey\u2019s <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/amber_athey\/status\/1498850679477227528\">March 1 tweet read<\/a>. \u201cNothing good, <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>arently.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to Athey, who recounted her experience in a <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/spectatorworld.com\/topic\/fired-joke-kamala-harris-outfit-wmal-cumulus-cancel-culture\/\">Spectator<\/a> column, the tweet initially made no waves.<\/p>\n<p>A few days later, however, Athey \u201cspoke critically of protests in favor of \u2018trans kids\u2019 at the University of North Texas\u201d \u2014 and, as she wrote, \u201ca group of maniacal left-wing activists who want to chemically castrate children in the name of \u2018gender affirmation\u2019 came after me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll of a sudden, the Kamala tweet was being re-framed as racist and dozens of <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a> accounts were bragging about contacting my employers about my \u2018bigotry,&#8217;\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Her employers at The Spectator \u201claughed at and promptly deleted the angry emails\u201d and none of her colleagues at WMAL\u2019s morning \u201cO\u2019Connor &amp; Company\u201d show acted as if anything was \u201camiss.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/radio-host-racist-joke-feat-image.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Amber Athey was fired form her radio gig after she likened Kamala Harris' brown suit to the uniform of a UPS driver. \" class=\"wp-image-21787021\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/radio-host-racist-joke-feat-image.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/radio-host-racist-joke-feat-image.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/radio-host-racist-joke-feat-image.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Amber Athey says was fired from WMAL for likening Kamala Harris\u2019 brown suit to the uniform of a UPS driver. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Instagram \/ @amber_athey<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/radio-host-racist-joke-14.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"The radio host says that initially the tweet made no waves, but a few days after she tweeted it, it was being reframed as racist. \" class=\"wp-image-21787067\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/radio-host-racist-joke-14.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/radio-host-racist-joke-14.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/radio-host-racist-joke-14.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Athey says that initially her tweet made no waves, but was reframed as racist after a few days.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Stephen Yang<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"814\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/radio-host-racist-joke-12.jpg?w=814\" alt=\"President Kamala Harris watches President Biden deliver his State of the Union address to Congress.\" class=\"wp-image-21787119\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/radio-host-racist-joke-12.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1628 1628w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/radio-host-racist-joke-12.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1221 1221w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/radio-host-racist-joke-12.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=814 814w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/radio-host-racist-joke-12.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=407 407w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/radio-host-racist-joke-12.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 814px) 100vw, 814px\"\/><figcaption>Vice President Harris watches President Biden deliver his State of the Union address to Congress.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">EPA\/SAUL LOEB \/ POOL<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>But eight days after the tweet, Athey was contacted \u201cout of the blue\u201d by Jeff Boden, the vice president of station owner Cumulus Washington, and human resources VP Kriston Fancellas.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey told me that the tweet I sent about Kamala was \u2018racist\u2019 and that subsequent follow-ups defending myself and making fun of the efforts to cancel me were unacceptable,\u201d she recalled. \u201cI had violated the company\u2019s social media policy, they said, and I was terminated effective immediately.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Athey insisted that her firing \u201chas destroyed the integrity and reputation of WMAL and Cumulus as hosts of conservative content.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/radio-host-racist-joke-01.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"according to Amber Athey , all her coworkers acted as though nothing was wrong and the company deleted all of the angry emails. \" class=\"wp-image-21787176\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/radio-host-racist-joke-01.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/radio-host-racist-joke-01.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/radio-host-racist-joke-01.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>According to Amber Athey, all her co-workers acted as though nothing was wrong and The Spectator \u201cdeleted the angry emails.\u2019<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Instagram \/ @amber_athey<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWe spoke frequently [on the show] about the dangers of censorship and cancel culture on our program, and yet here they are bowing to the mob,\u201d she wrote. \u201cIf I can be fired for making fun of the vice president\u2019s outfit, every single host on a Cumulus station is in danger of losing their job at a moment\u2019s notice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Athey\u2019s former employer did not immediately respond to a request for comment.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" 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