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25. I've seen the thing about her father being a South African billionaire

Sat Dec 21, 2013, 07:28 AM

Dec 2013

Now, mind you, despite this coming from the NYT, a person claims to have spoken to the woman's father and he's actually quite distraught:

Early Saturday morning on Twitter , @Zac_R said he saw Ms. Sacco after she landed at the airport in Cape Town, South Africa, and he posted pictures that appeared to be Ms. Sacco in sunglasses and chatting on a cellphone. @Zac_R said he spoke to the woman’s father, quoting him as saying he raised his daughter in the United States because of racism in South Africa. The account could not be independently confirmed.

Justine and her sister / friend. She’s on the phone to someone. “No! I really didn’t think it would!” She said. http://t.co/HAMxdquPOG

— Zac (@Zac_R) 21 Dec 13

Justine’s dad is apologeti & basically in tears.”I decided to raise her in the US. SA was too racist”. Oh, the irony! #HasJustineLandedYet

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Woman offends the entire continent of Africa with a Tweet, Twitter gets on the case [View all] MrScorpio Dec 2013 OP

"Going to Africa. Hope I don't get AIDS. Just kidding. I'm white!" Justine Sacco NYC_SKP Dec 2013 #1

WAS like head of PR/Comm MrScorpio Dec 2013 #2

How does someone who does pr and communications for a living manage to post something so stupid Arcanetrance Dec 2013 #8

Often, it's their "charm", youth, and good looks. NYC_SKP Dec 2013 #9

I'll hold out hope she was hacked Recursion Dec 2013 #11

Yeah and I guess if all else fails never underestimate the ability of humans to do the dumbest Arcanetrance Dec 2013 #12

Also some people think twitter/facebook is a chance to vent their interior monologue... CJCRANE Dec 2013 #22

"Going to Africa. Hope I don't get AIDS. Just kidding. I'm white!" Electric Monk Dec 2013 #3

Ryan White would beg to differ. Or Rock Hudson. alp227 Dec 2013 #30

Noticed there was a response tweet from Kerry Washington... Ken Burch Dec 2013 #4

Article on the link below Tx4obama Dec 2013 #5

I hope nothing happens to her. it's stupid people are stalking her flight. Pretzel_Warrior Dec 2013 #6

Airport security will probably make sure she just gets on a flight straight back to London Ken Burch Dec 2013 #13

Her father is a South African billionaire rusty fender Dec 2013 #17

And even LESS reason to have tweeted what she did. Ken Burch Dec 2013 #28

I hope she's fired before the plane lands. n/t geomon666 Dec 2013 #7

Wow, I hope she was hacked Recursion Dec 2013 #10

Well, she didn't claim to have been when she apologized. Ken Burch Dec 2013 #14

She opened a new account and apologized profusely here: CJCRANE Dec 2013 #15

that's a hoax account blogslut Dec 2013 #16

How do you know it's a hoax account? nt CJCRANE Dec 2013 #19

Well, before twitter shut it down blogslut Dec 2013 #20

Fair enough. I didn't see that. However... CJCRANE Dec 2013 #21

Well, she wasn't famous enough to have a verified account blogslut Dec 2013 #23

I meant the advice was to claim it was a hoax, after the fact. CJCRANE Dec 2013 #24

I've seen the thing about her father being a South African billionaire blogslut Dec 2013 #25

It's a sad case all round. I hope it's resolved. CJCRANE Dec 2013 #26

Yes, it does, and also often demonstrates the prevalence of blurbing out RKP5637 Dec 2013 #27

So happy to hear white folks don't get AIDS. Shrike47 Dec 2013 #18

Same for some of MY white friends, too. Ken Burch Dec 2013 #29

lulz.. Jesus Malverde Dec 2013 #31

I don't think she meant any offense... HipChick Dec 2013 #32

Look what else she wrote: savalez Dec 2013 #33

I don't think she was hacked. undeterred Dec 2013 #34

Ha! savalez Dec 2013 #35