Did King Charles ignore Black man? Here's what Twitter thinks about viral video

A viral video of King Charles III has ignited debate on social media, highlighting issues regarding the monarch and the media. King Charles III, the new king of the United Kingdom (UK), can be seen in a video shaking the hands of mourners who came to pay their respects to Queen Elizabeth the second, who passed away early last week.

However, a particular incident during which the King shook every hand that came his way, except that of an adult black guy of African heritage waiting in the crowd, has provoked conflicting emotions from Kenyans and other Africans.

The monarch allegedly skipped over and ignored the handshake from the African before shaking all the other white hands. According to media reports, all other African presidents travelled to the funeral on the same bus, while US President Joe Biden arrived with his entire presidential escort.

Ahmed Asmali, a social media personality, wrote on Twitter while sharing the video, "From their leaders being forced into buses to not being greeted." Obakeng Ramabodu, a Twitter user, posted the viral video on his feed. The video has more than 40 lakh views and more than 1 lakh likes since it was posted.

On the video, about 30,000 users commented. Many people criticised the King for his discriminatory action, while others uploaded a video that was the contrary of the viral one. Even the last few seconds of the video, in which King greets a black individual, was reposted by one user.

Godjone:
Lol na real Igboring

festacman:
That's poor and shameful from King Charles. The least you can to a man who came to mourn your mother is pretend. It doesn't matter if citizens of some British-colonized countries are saying negative things about royal family and late Queen Elizabeth II.

jimetagambo:

Terrible to watch. He sees the guy has dirt. Note that Charles belongs to a generation that witnessed apartheid in South Africa and racial segregation laws in the USA. Old habits die hard.

One of the reasons Harry excused himself.

thebosstrevor1:
Another day to rant about racism.

Enjoy yourselves

shogsman:

Another that to show yourself as the low self esteemed lesser human beings that you are.
The whites were right about one thing, people like you are not fit to clean the dirt off white people's leg

jimetagambo:

Honestly, this guy is a razist. He sees the guy has dirt. A stereotype that some razist believe about black people.

Note that Charles belongs to a generation that witnessed apartheid in South Africa and racial segregation laws in the USA. Old habits die hard.

One of the reasons Harry excused himself from that family. He was too open-minded to be in the royal family