Those
Twitters users who engaged in ugly, ignorant comments about Nina Davuluri have
literally been driven from the social media network out of shame, as a barrage
of backlash went viral.
Twitters users who engaged in ugly, ignorant comments about Nina Davuluri have
literally been driven from the social media network out of shame, as a barrage
of backlash went viral.
Davuluri,
who became the first Indian-American Miss America on Sunday night, was quickly
the target of racist tweets that referred to her as “Miss Al-Qaeda” and
“terrorist” and “a slap in the face to the people of 9/11.”
who became the first Indian-American Miss America on Sunday night, was quickly
the target of racist tweets that referred to her as “Miss Al-Qaeda” and
“terrorist” and “a slap in the face to the people of 9/11.”
But
then the Instant Karma kicked in.
then the Instant Karma kicked in.
BuzzFeed’s
Ryan Broderick compiled dozens of these hateful tweets, posted them in an article and
that piece was shared more than 25,000 times. CNN and USA Today followed suit.
Many of the tweets were also collected and placed on the Public Shaming Tumblr page,
according to ibtimes.com.
Ryan Broderick compiled dozens of these hateful tweets, posted them in an article and
that piece was shared more than 25,000 times. CNN and USA Today followed suit.
Many of the tweets were also collected and placed on the Public Shaming Tumblr page,
according to ibtimes.com.
In
response, several of these Twitter abusers appear to have either deleted or
hidden their account. Ibtimes reports that the profile page for Twitter user
Jake Amick, who referred to Davuluri as an “Arab,” is now nowhere
to be found. The same disappearing act was performed by the
disgraced Jessica Ayres, Sara
Whitton, De La Rutherford and
others. Wendy Fraser, of “slap in the face to the people of 9/11” fame, has deleted
her account.
response, several of these Twitter abusers appear to have either deleted or
hidden their account. Ibtimes reports that the profile page for Twitter user
Jake Amick, who referred to Davuluri as an “Arab,” is now nowhere
to be found. The same disappearing act was performed by the
disgraced Jessica Ayres, Sara
Whitton, De La Rutherford and
others. Wendy Fraser, of “slap in the face to the people of 9/11” fame, has deleted
her account.
Jared
Tomes, who referred to Davuluri as the princess of 7-Eleven, or some
such nonsense, has either deleted his Twitter stream or made his account private.
Tomes, who referred to Davuluri as the princess of 7-Eleven, or some
such nonsense, has either deleted his Twitter stream or made his account private.
Others may be justifiably hiding under a rock.
