Dear @washingtonpost, #RokhayaDiallo keeps on criticizing, in your columns, the “systemic injustice” faced by the persons of color - especially the process of making them “invisible”. The problem is : she, herself, actively participates in this obliteration. 👇🏿
For instance, her latest contribution (about “the exploitation of the plight of Afghan women to attack French feminists”) is an answer to an “entire op-ed published by Le Journal du Dimanche” called “On tue à Kaboul et les néo-féministes se taisent.” 
In her own article, Mrs Diallo is ruthless with the “op-ed” and uses harsh words : “outrageous claim”, “hypocrisy”, etc. but she carefully avoids naming the author of the article (called “the writer”). Why is that ? 🧐
How can Rokhaya Diallo dedicate a whole article to the refutation of a text whose author remains deliberately absent ? What kind of journalism is that ? How can she deprive an opponent of a name ? Why does she do that ?
It’s all the more surprising as Rokhaya Diallo and Rachel Khan have known each other for a long time and often met (and fought).
If the author of the incriminated "op-ed" had been a “white male”, Mrs Diallo would have undoubtedly quoted his name (as she did with @briceculturier). But a black woman, disagreeing with her ? Impossible. Let’s cancel her, while answering to what she says. 🙃
Truth is, unlike Mrs Diallo, Rachel Khan has become very popular in France last year, with her book “Racée” which had a great success. But, envious as Mrs Diallo may be, that is no reason to erase the name of a black jewish woman (while answering to her).
The last time Rokhaya Diallo mentioned Rachel Khan, it was in order to present her as a “house nigger”, through a despicable comparison with the former advertising for Banania.
#RachelKhan is a French writer, former athlete, who devotes her life into fighting racism… She has the right to speak. And she HAS A NAME. And that name shouldn’t be sacrificed in the altar of an ego. And you should not, dear @washingtonpost, condone such disgraceful manners.
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