Jessica Leandra Dos Santos racial tweets

**adrianh** · 06-May-12, 11:12 AM

@justloadit - I think the problem with this case is that the comment was made to 2500 faceless followers who passed it on to all their friends worldwide.

**Upstairs** · 06-May-12, 12:57 PM

Once spoken it is done. Be careful what goes on record when you want to be a fool and famous. One thing is sure. This girl learned a lesson. Hard lessons are good for brats.

**adrianh** · 06-May-12, 01:01 PM

Upstairs - you're quite right

My long time ex boss said something that stuck with me throughout the years: You must learn that you can't call somebody a d00$ and then say you're sorry, it just doesn't work that way (This was of course just after I did exacty that)

**Justloadit** · 06-May-12, 01:02 PM

I still think that people are making a mountain of a molehill.

I think more energy should be expended in helping the masses improve their living standards, as with the thread were a toddler electrocuted himself on the shack due to to an illegal connection.

It seems that people are more concerned with racism, then actually improving the living standards. If more enthusiasm was used to do this, racism would actually extinguish itself out. Racism, and I am not even referring to the situation in RSA, is sustained when there a huge financial divide across population groups. It is the same type of hatred that emerges against a fantastic player of the opposing team who kills your dream with his exceptional skills.

**adrianh** · 06-May-12, 01:17 PM

It is just an issue because so many people now have a common scapegoat.

**Citizen X** · 06-May-12, 02:05 PM

I suppose on a sensitive matter such as this, one can only really speak for oneself. I personally have accepted her apology and have since moved on. She's young and still has her whole life ahead of her.....

**murdock** · 07-May-12, 06:49 AM

i decided to go check out this story...she could call me anything she wanted even if she had a whip and she was punishing me

...she is refered to as a sex kitten...now i can see why...i am sure even black people will be taking a second look at some of those images....i dont beleive you could compare darren scotts prpblem to this honeys problem...i guarentee she is getting more hits than ever since this issue and it sure as hell wont stop the boys looking...in fact i am considering downloading a pic or 2 as my screen saver...yuuuummmmmyyyyy

**murdock** · 07-May-12, 07:08 AM

the big question should be so what happened to the rude "gentleman" who made these sexual remarks and sounds...she should be sueing him for sexual harrasment...but unfortunelty here is sa...raping or sexually abusing women is a way of life...considering it happens like ever 17 seconds or something ridiculous...using the big K word is a far more serious offence as indicated by the reaction of people in this country...it is actually very sad...fhm are the ones who are gona be loosing out...the fellas are just gona be looking for her where ever she goes to from here....the magazines must be fighting over who will get her next.

she wrote: 'I tweeted rather irresponsibly about an incident I encountered last night, using a harsh and unkind word about the gentleman who had confronted me with sexual remarks and sounds.

**adrianh** · 07-May-12, 07:40 AM

The problem is that she also tweeted a while ago saying that a petrol attendant was a 'african monkey'. People let the first comment slide but when they confronted her about the second comment she defended the comment by saying she was harrased. Nobody said that she shouldn't react to being harassed, people are saying that she shouldn't insult an entire race of people because one person harassed her. Another thing that upset lots of people is that she used the 'k' word which is not a term that should have been in her vocabulary considering that she grew up as a post '94 'rainbow child'. The big problem is that she is represents her sponsors and thus their values. Remember what happened to Tiger Woods, he didn't even insult anybody, he just screwed around. Sponsors are very sensitive because bad publicity could sink them.

I think that the issue is not so much about her personally but more about the fact that such a young person could hold such attitudes in general. We all agree that she is young and that she ffed up and apologized. She should be forgiven for her mistake, but, be that as it may there is a much bigger picture. The bigger picture is not that one should totally end the careers
of those that make mistakes, but to understand what goes on in the heads of young people and to educate them appropriately.

Think about this; I can only assume that she would never insult her sponsors or religion in public, yet she felt it ok to insult an entire race in public, why - stupidity yes, but the thinking is that the 'k' word should not have been part of her daily vocabulary. I think that i she said 'a black dude' rather than a 'k' it wouldn't have been an issue.

**Justloadit** · 07-May-12, 01:36 PM

This morning on 702 - Talk Radio, John Robbie, mentioned that a black model tweeted that "all whites must die", I can not even find a news headline mentioning this. If this is not racist, then we have our definitions screwed up.

Just shows you, again that situation that stories are selective, and that the headlines are made for self interest, and are designed to bring emotions into the front, and to promote racism.
Talk about being biased towards a minority group.