Justine Sacco, formerly a PR executive for the Internet giant InterActive Corp., has been fired over her tweet on Friday that read: "Going to Africa. Hope I don't get AIDS. Just kidding. I'm white!"

Sacco apologized today, saying she is "ashamed" for her insensitivity to the millions of people living with the virus.

She issued the statement to South African newspaper The Star, and also shared the following apology:

Words cannot express how sorry I am, and how necessary it is for me to apologize to the people of South Africa, who I have offended due to a needless and careless tweet," Sacco said. "There is an AIDS crisis taking place in this country, that we read about in America, but do not live with or face on a continuous basis. Unfortunately, it is terribly easy to be cavalier about an epidemic that one has never witnessed firsthand.

For being insensitive to this crisis -- which does not discriminate by race, gender or sexual orientation, but which terrifies us all uniformly -- and to the millions of people living with the virus, I am ashamed.

This is my father's country, and I was born here. I cherish my ties to South Africa and my frequent visits, but I am in anguish knowing that my remarks have caused pain to so many people here; my family, friends and fellow South Africans. I am very sorry for the pain I caused.

I hope she's learned a valuable lesson about the sensitivity of our words - both intentional and unintentional.

http://www.infonubia.com/2013/12/justine-sacco-issues-apology-after.html

How does she convince us that she didn't apologise just to regain her post or job back. Most of her tweets are all insultive words due to racism. Her tongue brought her down now she's apologising. She already tamed herself as a who.re and an egocentric,obnoxious,spoilt thing .even showing lack of manners and disrespectfulness. just cos her dad is a freaking billonaire. She's more than crazy. She needs her job back. LET SOMEONE TELL HER THAT SHE'S BAD MARKET
LET HER GO TO HELL!!!
**in obj's voice**
i dn't knw and i dnt care. As long as am still an african, her apology can go to shiit

sorry, on both ends, the damage has been done and it seems its ur end that's d most painful. we nor care men....

redcliff: sorry, on both ends, the damage has been done and it seems its ur end that's d most painful. we nor care men....

Yeah...She should know better.

she should keep her apologies, we dont need it. Was she even coming to Africa to have s.ex at first?? I Hope she dies of that AIDS...Idiatt..

jeffizy: "As you lay your bed, so shall you lie on it".

»The tongue is the smallest weapon of mass destruction ever known.

Guys, how do you use yours?

well said!

Her apologise is just to get her job back not because she's sorry or not cos she learnt anything sef

Cykik: Her apologise is just to get her job back not because she's sorry or not cos she learnt anything sef

If that's why she apologized, she should forget it. That job is long gone. Hope she finds another one.

infonubia:

If that's why she apologized, she should forget it. That job is long gone. Hope she finds another one.

finds another? Shes bad market already cos this news has gone viral.so no one needs her service. LET her help her father squander his money or better still fry akara by the road side.......am also kidding.

Cykik: finds another? Shes bad market already cos this news has gone viral.so no one needs her service. LET her help her father squander his money or better still fry akara by the road side.......am also kidding.

Lmao!

Don't feel sorry for her and good for her for losing her job

anonymous6: Don't feel sorry for her and good for her for losing her job

The sad thing is that there are several others who support her tweet.

infonubia:
The sad thing is that there are several others who support her tweet.

they are fools. I hope they all die of the AIDS