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Woman fired for Aids Africa tweet. [W:38:54]

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or being white in africa, because it likely means you come from a privileged class that has access to education, healthcare, etc highly reduces your chances of getting aids? We even see a similar split in the US unfortunately. And imagine in a place like Africa where the disparities between such groups is much more intense that such is also true and to a much greater degree.

Still something pretty ****ed up to joke about and rather insane that a PR professional would simply broadcast it on the net, regardless if she is racist or simply has a rather perverse and morbid sense of humor.
 
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yeah, when people think any such commercial entity is acting out of some moral sense I just have to laugh.

PS with that said, I think Glaads response was rather shortsighted and missed the distinction between more socially settled issues, like those involving race, and one's with less of a social mandate supporting them. With the later, public airing and debate would likely serve the cause better and not offer the opportunity to claim legitimacy through the act of suppression
 
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This is pretty far down on my list of funny racist jokes personally.

context is what makes it so funny. Sort of like an obstetrician thinking it's a good idea to tweet his favorite dead baby jokes
 
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context is what makes it so funny. Sort of like an obstetrician thinking it's a good idea to tweet his favorite dead baby jokes

Ah I thought you meant the joke itself. Not the situation.
 
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