A British newspaper columnist who lost her job over “racist” tweet about Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s baby daughter has penned an unrepentant essay blaming “snowflake sociopaths” and “cancel culture” for her sacking.
Julie Burchill was fired from The Telegraph earlier this month after mocking the name of the Sussexes’ baby daughter Lilibet Diana on social media.
“What a missed opportunity,” she wrote. “They could have called it Georgina Floydina!”
The reference to George Floyd, whose death in Minneapolis last year sparked worldwide Black Lives Matter protests, drew outrage online.
Prominent lawyer Joanna Toch chimed in, replying to Burchill with a reference to Markle’s mother Doria Ragland.
“No Doria?” she wrote. “Don’t black names matter?”
Burchill responded that she “was hoping for Doria Oprah, the racist rotters”.
Toch – who was also suspended from her law firm after the exchange went viral, despite apologising and deleting her profile –…
