As Twitchy reported, Delta Airlines’ seemingly harmless congratulatory tweet to the U.S. World Cup team led to accusations of racism when Delta used a photo of a giraffe to represent Ghana. Fortunately, Vox.com was there to explain exactly where in Africa giraffes are found. Unfortunately, Vox’s map needed a little Voxsplaining too.
https://twitter.com/mattyglesias/statuses/478706077027299328
@mattyglesias As a Sudanese, I tell you to fix your map first before lecturing us about giraffes in Africa! @jilliancyork
— Usamah Mohamed (@simsimt) June 17, 2014
@simsimt @mattyglesias OH SNAP.
— jillian c. york (@jilliancyork) June 17, 2014
@jilliancyork @simsimt @mattyglesias heh sorta rare to see a map that includes Somaliland as a separate country but not South Sudan!
— Armin Rosen (@ArminRosen) June 17, 2014
@ArminRosen @simsimt @mattyglesias Where on earth did they get that map?
— jillian c. york (@jilliancyork) June 17, 2014
@jilliancyork @simsimt @mattyglesias btw June 26 and July 1 1960, i.e. after Somalia's independence but b4 SL signed act of union w/south
— Armin Rosen (@ArminRosen) June 17, 2014
That’s rather specific.
@jilliancyork @simsimt @mattyglesias that's really the only possibility that comes to mind at the moment
— Armin Rosen (@ArminRosen) June 17, 2014
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@ArminRosen hehe, that'd explain the Sudan map as well! @jilliancyork @mattyglesias
— Usamah Mohamed (@simsimt) June 17, 2014
https://twitter.com/MaatMHI/status/478732982682152960
@MaatMHI @jilliancyork @simsimt @mattyglesias ooo good point!
— Armin Rosen (@ArminRosen) June 17, 2014
https://twitter.com/Thucydiplease/status/478736407918166017
One final question:
https://twitter.com/szysgt/status/478722636910850049
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