Bianca schoombee, an aspiring model who was interested in entering for Miss SA 2020 felt the wrath of black twitter when her racist and body shaming tweets from 6 years ago surfaced.
In her defence she wrote an apology where she stated that she was only a teenager when she tweeted those. She further stated how devastated she was that someone has dug up her tweets and displayed her childhood in a negative way, and that she is no longer the person she was 6 years ago. Is racism a phase people go through?
I too believe that people grow and change their opinions about certain issues, but miss Schoombee was not bothered about the remarks she made.
Talking as if making racial remarks at the age of 15 is a norm. I never made white jokes when I was her age, this shows how she was raised and what kind of people surrounds her.
Empress Ree, who attended high school with Biaca came forward and attested that Bianca is a racist. She made a whole thread about how Bianca and her friends bullied them in Welkom Gimnasium high school.
Bianca later announced that she was pulling out of the contest.
In a country with a racial past like ours, racism should be equivalent to terrorism. To me it seems like they have the same impact. They both instill fear, disrupt societies and degrade one's dignity.
This should be a lesson to all people who use social media, be wary of the things you post online the internet never forgets.
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