PR Exec fired for racist tweet

[qara_isuke]

(CNN) -- The "tweet heard round the world" was followed by the sound of a slamming door Saturday

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[sandstorm]

Still, Taylor wrote, "it was hard to ignore a disturbing feeling in the mob's response" to the Twitter messages "and something creepy in the trial by social media that was going on in her absence."

I never get a chance to get in on the Twitter Party when things like this go down, so I was in the hashtag for a few hours on Friday - if people thought that was a mob - looking at publicly available information and making jokes (Death threats are never okay though) - then who is really 'too sensitive' here.

That is what happens when you shoot your mouth off and you are semi-somebody. Someone mentioned how they're not sure if she's fired or if her company is just covering for her until this all blows over.

[shoujokakumei]

How do you even get a job in public relations without having the rational thinking ability to realize why it's a bad idea to tweet stupid "jokes" about AIDS?

[moonshaz]

My thoughts, exactly.

I'm never surprised when people are assholes. But I am sometimes surprised when people who obviously should know better display their assholery so blatantly.

[cuterabbit33]

People like this are utterly fascinating to me - the people who type absolutely horrible things on the internet, and don't think anything will happen. In this day and age, how can you seriously not think before you post something like that?

On the side of hilarity, I wonder if, at the time when the plane landed and/or allowed internet access, everyone else on the plane read the news and slowly began to realize who was with them.

[oceandezignz]

Someone immediately caught her as she was leaving her terminal, so I don't doubt that passengers on the plane had a feeling they were riding with the infamous Sacco.

[kleios_kiss]

Hmm I don't know. If I saw a tweet like that, I would take it as her being sarcastic as a means of pointing out structural racism and people's unconscious racist assumptions. I've definitely heard "jokes" like that before that are actually just a way of condemning racism, like if white people are smoking weed, "Well don't worry, we're white and in college so we won't get in trouble." As in, our nation's selective law enforcement is a barely concealed vendetta against young black men. Or like on 30 Rock, when Jack was offering a job to Kenneth, and when Kenneth says that he doesn't know how, Jack says something like, "Kenneth, you're a young white man with hair, you can do anything." To me, her tweet sounded like one of those statements that are made to point out people's racist thinking by saying something that brings hidden assumptions to light

[secura]

"Maybe I'm just giving her too much benefit of doubt though."

... Which you are. She's posting other insensitive shit before on that account. Stop giving people the benefit of a doubt just because you dont want to *believe* they were being racist, when it is quite clear they were.

I mean seriously. Wtf @ "sarcastic as a means of pointing out structural racism and people's unconscious racist assumptions" r u serious girl

[oceandezignz]

THANK YOU. There is no way shape or form that this woman was being jokey in the name of social awareness.

She made a super shit comment, and got her shit called out on her. As someone who watched it all go down, even to the point Justine started making twitter accounts because her main one was "suspended" to "apologize", all of her tweets sounded hollow and weak.

"I'm so sorry, I never meant for this to be this way" (Should have watched your mouth)
"I'm crying myself sick right now" (Oh no, hope it isn't AIDS! *sarcastic hand waving*)
"Everyone please go ahead and donate to Aids for Africa, please" (You should have been first in line, with the biggest contribution)

It was especially hilarious seeing her trying to tweet at Kerry Washington, who commented on this... but tweet to Keri Hilson (a singer) instead.

[girly123]

It was especially hilarious seeing her trying to tweet at Kerry Washington, who commented on this... but tweet to Keri Hilson (a singer) instead.

Those tweets came from a fake twitter account, to the best of my knowledge.

[lastrega]

She's not only from South Africa but her father is a billionaire who profited extensively from apartheid. So there's that.

[romp]

oh shit. I was aware of that

[redstar826]

I'm seeing some sources saying that isn't true though, and that her father actually called her a 'fucking idiot' and was not at all supportive of her for doing this.