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racism
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Local Tech News Site, MyBroadband, Asks Users To “Find The White Name” When Registering
09 May 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 53 Comments
Local technology industry and consumer news website, MyBroadband is home to a thriving user forum which is incredibly popular with hundreds of thousands of readers, even if the user registration form asks users to pick out the “white name” as a security measure during registration.
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Here Are All Of The Xpanda Radio Ads [AUDIO]
24 Apr 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 18 Comments
Yesterday, local security barrier company, Xpanda, came under fire for the flighting of a controversial radio ad. They claimed the ad was part of a larger campaign, and that the public shouldn’t be offended. Here are all of the ads – you decide
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Unapologetic Xpanda Responds To Outcry Over Racist Radio Ads – Ignores The Sexist One
23 Apr 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 7 Comments
Xpanda, a local security barrier company who are taking a lot of heat for their massive failure of a radio ad (listen here) have released a statement, clarifying their position on the matter.
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Badvertising: Xpanda Makes The Most Racist, Sexist Adverts In South Africa [AUDIO + PIC]
23 Apr 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 51 Comments
Local security barrier firm, Xpanda, have come under serious fire on social media for what may well be the most racist thing to happen on radio since democracy. But that’s not their only offensive ad. They’re quite keen on sexism in their print ads, too
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SAA No Longer Accepting Pilot Applications From White Males
17 Aug 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 16 Comments
Dreaming of conquering the skies as an SAA pilot? Well, it’s time to get your head out of clouds if you’re a white male because SAA are no longer accepting any more cadet pilot training applications from that particular demographic.
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Second Olympian Expelled For Outrageously Racist Tweet
31 Jul 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 7 Comments
The Olympics haven’t even been running for a week and already a second athlete has been expelled from the games following a racist tweet. This time the guilty party was Michel Morganella, a Swiss football player, and his Twitter faux pas wasn’t nearly as tame as Voula Papachristou’s last week.
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Athlete Banned From Olympics After Racist Twitter Joke
26 Jul 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 8 Comments
“With so many Africans in Greece, at least the West Nile mosquitoes will eat home made food!” It was this racist tweet that got Greek triple jumper, Voula Papachristou, expelled from the Olympics. She was referring to reports of mosquitoes carrying the West Nile virus in her home country.
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Arrests Made During Far-Right British Protest Against “Islamification” [GALLERY]
16 Jul 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
The controversial, far-right English Defence League marched on Saturday through the streets of Bristol against the “islamification” of the city. Basically, the group believes that there are too many Muslim’s in Britain and they should rather move somewhere else.
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UK Police Investigate Racist Abuse Of England Strikers On Twitter
26 Jun 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
On Sunday night, England dropped out of Euro 2012 in a quarterfinal against Italy. After 120 minutes of play, without any score, the teams went into a penalty shootout which saw Ashley Cole and Ashley Young both miss their attempts. The two players, who are both black, drew heavy racist abuse on Twitter which is now being investigated by British police.
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Nando’s Does Not Want To Advertise On DStv
25 Jun 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
DStv has recently graciously lifted its self-imposed suspension of Nando’s “Diversity” anti-xenophobia ad. But it seems this incredibly generous move by DStv has gone unappreciated by Nando’s. The restaurant-chain says it won’t be spending any money to have that advert flighted on DStv.
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BREAKING: TopTV To Flight Banned Nando’s Advert
20 Jun 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 4 Comments
Not one of South Africa’s TV channels have had the balls to show the new Nando’s TV advert. So TopTV has decided to step up and teach the rest a lesson in freedom of speech. They say it should be up to the public to choose whether or not they want to watch it.
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Sweden’s Twitter Experiment Gets A Little Anti-Semitic
13 Jun 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Sweden has been handing its Twitter account to a different citizen every week for the past seven months. Which has been great for the most part, with priests and lesbian truck drivers representing the country – except the latest @sweden handler has been catching some flack for trying to figure out “whats the fuzz with jews.”
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Nando’s Awesome Diversity Campaign Just Went Live [VIDEO]
01 Jun 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
Nando’s are at it again, and this time they’re tackling diversity, and they’re not taking any prisoners. Their new campaign forces us to face the reality we live in, and just get over it. Click through for the brilliant video.
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Nehawu Wants FW De Klerk Stripped Of Nobel Prize
14 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
After his “blacks were not disenfranchised” statement on CNN last week, former president F.W. de Klerk has been taking a lot of flack. Not only did he get ripped a new one by cartoonist Zapiro in the Sunday Times yesterday, but Nehawu is now calling for him to be stripped of his Nobel Peace Prize.
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EXCLUSIVE: 2oceansVibe Speaks To Racist ‘Model’ Tshidi Thamana’s Ex-Agent
08 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
By now, many people within South Africa’s news-following public are familiar with the recent burst of racism that took place on South Africa’s twittersphere involving a model and a “model”. Mistakes were made, but the backlash and long-term effects from a social and mainstream media clamouring may have devastating consequences on the individuals involved. Things begin to go pearshaped when the media is inaccurate with information that disperses frantically when a news story of this nature breaks.
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Oh Look, Another Racist SA Model Goes Off On Twitter! [PICS + Twitter Feed]
07 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 11 Comments
Just as Twitter was cooling off from last Friday’s Jessica Leandra furore, another South African model (and also actress, apparently) called Tshidi Thamana (@tshditee) set the infernos of South African outrage blazing once more with a tweet she fired off in response to the Leandra debacle this weekend. But the biggest question on our lips is, who the hell is Tshidi Thamana?
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Jessica Leandra Stripped Of FHM Title After Racist Tweets
04 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 16 Comments
Fury broke out across social networks today after FHM model Jessica Leandra dropped the K-bomb on a “gentleman” in a shop last night. In an attempt to explain where “her anger boiled from”, she updated her blog, also saying she is “apologetic”. FHM, however, has since publicly distanced themselves from her. Read the full statement by editor, Brendan Cooper, after the jump.
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Leandra Latest: Jessica Takes To Her Website To Apologise
04 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 13 Comments
With her name trending on Twitter, and most of the major news outlets having picked up the story, Jessica Leandra is having a pretty crap Friday thus far. Last night she tweeted a little bigotry that she may regret for a lot longer than it took her to respond to the backlash on her website. Her full apology, after the jump, but is it enough?
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Tweet All About It! FHM Model Jessica Leandra Drops K-Bomb In Spar [PICS]
04 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 67 Comments
You cannot make this stuff up. FHM model and self-described “glamorous blonde of Mediterranean nationality, born and bred in South Africa” dropped a K-bomb on another shopper during altercation in Spar last night, and then took to Twitter with her bile. More of Jessica’s online foolishness, after the jump!
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Ashton Kutcher Ad Pulled After Racism Accusations [VIDEO]
03 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
Ashton Kutcher, the ridiculously good-looking actor, also recently became the official spokesperson for Popchips – co-developing and portraying a series of characters in an ad campaign for them. But not everyone thought it was funny. One of the characters, named Raj, sees Kutcher in brown make-up and “looking for love”. See the video, and decide if you agree with the accusations of racism, after the jump.
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Swedish Performance Art Cake Sparks Outrage [VIDEO]
18 Apr 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
An art installation has caused outrage from the African community in Sweden. Supposedly highlighting the ordeal of female circumcision, the stunt involved a cake depicting a black African woman with minstrel-esque face. Everytime someone sliced a piece, the woman’s head screamed as if in pain.Video after the jump.
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Online Racism Could Land You In Jail: SA Law Firm
02 Apr 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Fellow South Africans, the word is in! Don’t think that people being jailed for hate speech online is something that only happens overseas. According to a South African legal expert, we too can be prosecuted for “cyber smearing,” which can mean fines or even jail should you be caught. More on minding your netiquette, after the jump!
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Minister Denies Dropping K-Bomb After Having To Fly Economy Class
02 Apr 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
This weekend, the City Press reported that Minister Lulu Xingwana, on being told she couldn’t have her flight seat upgraded from economy to business class, she merely enquired, “whether or not this was because she is a k****r?” Xingwana has responded by saying it is all “sensational hot air”, and accused the paper of “one-sided and biased journalism.”
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British Student Jailed For Racist Muamba Abuse On Twitter [VIDEO]
28 Mar 2012 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
A Welsh university student has been jailed for 56 days for a “racially-aggravated public order offence” after making offensive tweets about Bolton Wanderers player Fabrice Muamba, who collapsed with heart failure during a FA cup tie with Tottenham Hotspur on March 17. See the full Twitter feed, after the jump.
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Racist Anti-Obama Bumper Sticker Goes Viral [PICS]
16 Mar 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Can you imagine what these people must be like in real life? A picture taken of a racist bumper sticker aimed at Barack Obama has gone viral. Referring to the upcoming US elections – in which Obama will stand for a second term – it reads: “Don’t Re-Nig In 2012. Stop repeat offenders. Don’t re-elect Obama!”
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Is Political Science Guru, Steven Friedman, Labelling AB De Villiers A Racist?
01 Mar 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 11 Comments
We were quite stunned by this little diatribe that appeared on the Facebook page of respected local political scientist, Prof. Steven Friedman, yesterday, where he calls into question the integrity of Proteas captain, AB De Villiers.
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Footage Of Afrikaans Boys Being Indoctrinated By Racists Goes Viral [VIDEO]
27 Feb 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 8 Comments
“Let there be no doubt. Aside from the Aborigines in Australia, the African black is the most underdeveloped, barbaric species of the human race.” These are some of the statements you’ll hear in this video, starring old-apartheid leader Franz Jooste. It was filmed at a scouts camp – run by Jooste – where Afrikaner boys as young as 13 are being subjected to his indoctrination.
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Rihanna Called N-Word In Dutch Fashion Magazine
21 Dec 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Jackie, a Dutch fashion magazine recently ran a feature on Rihanna – showing readers how to imitate the singer’s style. In an attempt at humour, they wrote the piece in what they thought was street lingo. But, as it turns out, Rihanna didn’t appreciate being called “the ultimate niggabitch” with “a ghetto ass”.
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Sepp Blatter Says Racial Insults On Soccer Field “Should Be Forgotten”
17 Nov 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
FIFA president Sepp Blatter said yesterday that racial insults on the soccer field are nothing more than “on-field provocation”. He also suggested that players should accept this as part of the game and simply shake hands at the end of the match. I was actually trying to think of something sarcastic to insert here, but I’m too busy weeping for humanity at the moment.
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Tiger Woods Says His Former Caddie Is Not Racist
08 Nov 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
As you know, Tiger Woods’ former caddie Steve Williams was recently asked why he had celebrated Adam Scott’s Bridgestone Invitational win in August so enthusiastically. When he replied that it was because his aim was to shove it up Tiger’s “black arsehole”, he was apparently not being racist. Woods himself forgave Williams by saying it was “just a comment he shouldn’t have made.”
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