Β The big buzz online today was the tweet from Delta Airlines. Β Some people saw it, at best, as a horribly stupid and ill-informed mistake… and at worst, as an obliviously obtuse racist remark.
The furor was unleashed after some unknown PR person handling Delta Airlines’ Twitter account tried to show a little American pride during our awesome win over Ghana. Β And this is how they did it: by using the Statue of Liberty to represent America… and a giraffe to represent the African country of Ghana. Β Only problem: Ghana doesn’t have giraffes. Β It’d be like showing a polar bear to represent the Carolinas.
Which would be obviously wrong, possibly ignorant… but racist? Β After the offended masses started tweeting, plenty of other people started to push back, saying it was simply a mistake, no offense intended. Β Which made our Man on the Edge, Robert Wilder, wonder what the people of Charlotte see in the tweet…
