A South African businessman, Adam Catzavelos is in the eye of a racism storm after he took to social media to boast about a beach holiday ...
A South African businessman, Adam Catzavelos is in the eye
of a racism storm after he took to social media to boast about a beach holiday
where ‘not a single k****r’ was around.
The Catzavelos family has released a statement cutting ties
with Adam from the family business, St George's Fine Foods.
“The family of Adam Catzavelos is appalled by the video in
question. It is abhorrent and we fully disassociate ourselves from the
sentiments expressed. We reject racism in any form. Adam Catzavelos has been
dismissed with immediate effect from the family business‚ St George’s Fine
Foods‚ and his minority shareholding will be unwound as soon as practically
possible. Given the high-profile nature of this development‚ the business has
been temporarily closed for the protection of all its staff. We have no further
comment at this stage.”
Following the discovery of his identity on Twitter on
Tuesday‚ some Twitter users mentioned that Catzavelos is married to Kelly
Catzavelos‚ a merchandising director at Nike.
In a short statement Nike said Adam Catzavelos was not
their employee.
“Nike opposes discrimination and has a long-standing
commitment to diversity‚ inclusion and respect. We believe in the power of
human potential in everyone – of every race‚ religion‚ nationality‚ gender and
sexual orientation.
“We can also confirm that Adam Catzavelos is not a Nike
employee‚” the company stated. There has been a furious backlash on social media with black people advocating boycotting businesses linked to the Catzavelos family.
Racism Alert] we are looking for this white boy. Anyone who knows him, his name and where he is based, please DM me... pic.twitter.com/qqe6AngDyY— Mbuyiseni Ndlozi (@MbuyiseniNdlozi) 21 August 2018
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