Black ex-Vogue editor says she self-downgraded from first class on flight to Milan

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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. She also declined to explain the 'substandard service' she received.

The Daily Mail has contacted her for further comment. 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.

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