Was Delta’s World Cup Tweet Racist?

By: Ben Schlappig

Published: June 16, 2014

42 comments

Delta is taking some heat tonight after a Tweet they made related to the World Cup match between the United States and Ghana.

To celebrate a goal by the US team, they used pictures to represent each country. Of course they used the Statue of Liberty to represent the US, while they used… a giraffe to represent Ghana.

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They deleted that fairly quickly. A subsequent Tweet apologized for their “choice of photo.”

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I still think Korean Air outdid them when they launched service to Nairobi, Kenya, in 2012. They invited us to enjoy “the indigenous people full of primitive energy.”

What do you guys think? Racist, lapse in judgment, or no big deal?

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Heather @ pass the dressing Guest

June 18, 2014, 8:54 am

@gobluetwo: I'm sorry but I think this comment is a little bit of a stretch. Before you looked it up, did you assume that giraffe's were native to Ghana. Do you assume that giraffes are native to any other country before looking it up?

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gobluetwo Guest

June 18, 2014, 8:32 am

Agree it was ignorance on their part, but I didn't know giraffes were not native to Ghana until I looked it up. But I'm sure every poster here who mentioned that fact knew immediately this was the case, right? For fun, should've shown the national animals for both the US and Ghana - both eagles.

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ermintrude Guest

June 17, 2014, 8:09 pm

another vote for just plain ignorance.

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Kevin Guest

June 17, 2014, 5:42 pm

Seriously? This is much better PC ad for Delta: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3M86X73HkBo :-)

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mdtravel Guest

June 17, 2014, 12:24 pm

Peetyrd - you can't define it...it's a feeling and if you're not part of the group that might feel offended you cannot opine. Learn the rules.