{"id":25737,"date":"2014-06-18T13:18:53","date_gmt":"2014-06-18T13:18:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=25737"},"modified":"2014-06-18T13:21:03","modified_gmt":"2014-06-18T13:21:03","slug":"delta-airlines-apologises-for-racist-giraffe-gaffe-about-ghana-after-usa-beats-black-stars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/06\/delta-airlines-apologises-for-racist-giraffe-gaffe-about-ghana-after-usa-beats-black-stars\/","title":{"rendered":"Delta Airlines apologises for ‘racist’ giraffe gaffe about Ghana after USA beats Black Stars"},"content":{"rendered":"
Delta Airlines is flying blind when it comes to geography.<\/p>\n
A congratulatory tweet celebrating the United States men\u2019s national soccer team’s over Ghana in the World Cup on Monday backfired when the African nation was represented with a picture of a giraffe.<\/p>\n
The long-necked animals do not live in Ghana, a country on the continent\u2019s western coast.<\/p>\n
To represent the United States, the Delta employee used a picture of the Statue of Liberty.<\/p>\n