Lord Sugar has been savaged on Twitter after he posted a tweet about the Senegal World Cup squad that compared the players to people selling...
Lord Sugar has been savaged on Twitter after he posted a
tweet about the Senegal World Cup squad that compared the players to people
selling sunglasses in Spain.
But Osasu Obayiuwana, the British-Nigerian associate editor
of New African magazine and contributor to the BBC’s World Football show,
wrote: “Dear @Lord_Sugar, I’m afraid no Senegalese or African will see this as
funny. What you wrote was hurtful and plays to a racist stereotype. If you
really don’t see what’s wrong with what you’ve written, you have a lot to learn
still. You should know better!”
He insisted that it was a funny tweet. “Why not it is meant
to be funny … for god sake” and “I cant see what I have to apologise for … you
are OTT … its a bloody joke.”
Lord Sugar subsequently took down the image, saying: “Just been reading the reaction to my funny tweet about the guy on the beach in Marbella. Seems it has been interpreted in the wrong way as offensive by a few people. Frankly I can’t see that, I think it’s funny. But I will pull it down if you insist.”
Lord Sugar subsequently took down the image, saying: “Just been reading the reaction to my funny tweet about the guy on the beach in Marbella. Seems it has been interpreted in the wrong way as offensive by a few people. Frankly I can’t see that, I think it’s funny. But I will pull it down if you insist.”
COMMENTS