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Woman Tweets "Going To Africa. Hope I Don't Get AIDS. Just Kidding. I'm White" by infonubia(m): 5:05pm On Dec 21, 2013 |
[img]http://3.bp..com/-zNrpEflnOYg/UrW172oOfqI/AAAAAAAAD0I/qCKSa_efY9Y/s576/1.JPG[/img] While social media is a powerful tool to get your message out, it could also land you in trouble. One wrong tweet and it's all over! Justine Sacco, a public relations executive for a major media company who tweeted a racist 'joke' on Friday, has sparked a social media revolt. Sacco was unaware she had become front page news because she posted the message while boarding a long-haul flight. Here's some excerpt from Daily Mail: Justine Sacco - the Communications Director for IAC, a parent company for Vimeo, OkCupid, Tinder, CollegeHumor, and Dictionary.com - was flying to Cape Town when she Tweeted: 'Going to Africa. Hope I don't get AIDS. Just Kidding. I'm White!' With this recent development, I don't think Sacco would have the best of Christmas in Cape Town. For a PR executive, her tweet was highly unprofessional, clueless, and immature. http://www.infonubia.com/2013/12/white-woman-tweets-going-to-africa-hope.html |
Re: Woman Tweets "Going To Africa. Hope I Don't Get AIDS. Just Kidding. I'm White" by Nobody: 5:25pm On Dec 21, 2013 |
Silly tweet from a silly white woman |
Re: Woman Tweets "Going To Africa. Hope I Don't Get AIDS. Just Kidding. I'm White" by infonubia(m): 5:38pm On Dec 21, 2013 |
Titiluvly: Silly tweet from a silly white woman You can say that again. |
Re: Woman Tweets "Going To Africa. Hope I Don't Get AIDS. Just Kidding. I'm White" by prymesolution: 5:43pm On Dec 21, 2013 |
Aren't we the dregs of the earth! Yes she is racist, but did we not bring it on ourselves? After years of independence, most of our countries are as rudderless as ever. We cannot even feed ourselves or fight any disease without White people's intervention. I am angry but not at her but at we Africans of all shades and background! When will we decide to take our destiny into our hands. The moment an African man/woman and his/her family is doing OK, who care about the rest of the race. That is the kind of attitude that almost always send us down the bottom of the rung! Jews, Latinos, Italians will get into a place and form institutions that will lift fellow nation's people up, but what do we do, as long as my family is doing well who care for other black people. It is simply a shame on our race! 2 Likes |
Re: Woman Tweets "Going To Africa. Hope I Don't Get AIDS. Just Kidding. I'm White" by infonubia(m): 6:11pm On Dec 21, 2013 |
^^^ Well said! |
Re: Woman Tweets "Going To Africa. Hope I Don't Get AIDS. Just Kidding. I'm White" by demmy(m): 12:10am On Dec 22, 2013 |
prymesolution: Aren't we the dregs of the earth! Yes she is racist, but did we not bring it on ourselves? After years of independence, most of our countries are as rudderless as ever. We cannot even feed ourselves or fight any disease without White people's intervention. I am angry but not at her but at we Africans of all shades and background! When will we decide to take our destiny into our hands. The moment an African man/woman and his/her family is doing OK, who care about the rest of the race. That is the kind of attitude that almost always send us down the bottom of the rung! Jews, Latinos, Italians will get into a place and form institutions that will lift fellow nation's people up, but what do we do, as long as my family is doing well who care for other black people. It is simply a shame on our race! You're exactly where racist whites want you with such self blame/self hate post. They want you blaming yourself for your condition as if their invisible hands are not to blame. Black consciousness is the antidote to white supremacy. |
Re: Woman Tweets "Going To Africa. Hope I Don't Get AIDS. Just Kidding. I'm White" by infonubia(m): 4:19am On Dec 22, 2013 |
demmy: Really? How so? Would you rather us continue to depend on foreign aid from the West? I would think that the comment is meant to spur us into action? What do I propose is a better way to break free from the hold the West has on Africa? |
Re: Woman Tweets "Going To Africa. Hope I Don't Get AIDS. Just Kidding. I'm White" by mink505: 12:45am On Dec 23, 2013 |
demmy: Keep blaming white people for all your problems. Invisible hands ko, supernatural hands ni. at the end of the day, we blacks are the source of majority of our own problems. prymesolution: Aren't we the dregs of the earth! Yes she is racist, but did we not bring it on ourselves? After years of independence, most of our countries are as rudderless as ever. We cannot even feed ourselves or fight any disease without White people's intervention. I am angry but not at her but at we Africans of all shades and background! When will we decide to take our destiny into our hands. The moment an African man/woman and his/her family is doing OK, who care about the rest of the race. That is the kind of attitude that almost always send us down the bottom of the rung! Jews, Latinos, Italians will get into a place and form institutions that will lift fellow nation's people up, but what do we do, as long as my family is doing well who care for other black people. It is simply a shame on our race! well said!! I completely agree. the lady was very insensitive with her comments and deserves to be fired from her job, but truth cannot be ignored... |
Re: Woman Tweets "Going To Africa. Hope I Don't Get AIDS. Just Kidding. I'm White" by infonubia(m): 1:14am On Dec 23, 2013 |
mink505: Thanks for the comment. It's about time we put our destiny in our hands rather than continued dependence on some handouts from the West. BTW, the lady has been fired and she also issued an apology. https://www.nairaland.com/1565790/justine-sacco-issues-apology-after |
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