{"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

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The offensive Delta Airlines photo showing Ghana as giraffe-land<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Condemnation of the tweet was fast and furious, as Twitter users erupted, calling the uninformed message racist and ignorant.<\/p>\n

Delta quickly deleted the offending tweet and eventually an apology \u2014 the first of which contained a typo. Rather than previous, it read \u201cprecious\u201d when referring to the original tweet.<\/p>\n

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For what it\u2019s worth, Delta does fly to Accra, the capital of Ghana.<\/p>\n

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We're sorry for our choice of photo in our previous tweet. Best of luck to all teams.<\/p>\n

— Delta (@Delta) June 17, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n