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  • How One Stupid Tweet Blew Up Justine Sacco’s Life

    02/13/2015 6:48:11 AM PST · by C19fan · 65 replies
    NY Times ^ | February 12, 2015 | Jon Ronson
    As she made the long journey from New York to South Africa, to visit family during the holidays in 2013, Justine Sacco, 30 years old and the senior director of corporate communications at IAC, began tweeting acerbic little jokes about the indignities of travel. There was one about a fellow passenger on the flight from John F. Kennedy International Airport: “ ‘Weird German Dude: You’re in First Class. It’s 2014. Get some deodorant.’ — Inner monologue as I inhale BO. Thank God for pharmaceuticals.” Then, during her layover at Heathrow:
  • New York Times: "The rate of AIDS among black women is 27 times the rate among white women."

    12/21/2013 8:07:37 PM PST · by grundle · 113 replies
    New York Times ^ | February 4, 2006 | MARC SANTORA
    http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/04/nyregion/04aids.html?ei=5090&en=7ba2793665e37220&ex=1296709200&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss&pagewanted=printThe New York Times The rate of AIDS among black women is 27 times the rate among white women.
  • Justine Sacco was fired because she told the politically incorrect, accurate truth about AIDS

    12/21/2013 7:34:29 PM PST · by grundle · 31 replies
    wordpress ^ | December 21, 2013 | Dan from Squirrel Hill
    Dan from Squirrel Hill's Blog Justine Sacco was fired because she told the politically incorrect, accurate truth about AIDS A company called InterActiveCorp just fired empoyee Justine Sacco because she tweeted the following:“Going to Africa. Hope I don’t get AIDS. Just kidding. I’m white!”Before Sacco made that tweet, The New York Times reported:“The rate of AIDS among black women is 27 times the rate among white women.”This is precisely why math is the most politically incorrect academic subject. No matter how much the radical left wants to see “racism” where none exists – no matter how much they claim to be...