Model abuses her freedom of expression on twitter



Model Jessica Leandra Dos Santos

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Jessica Leandra Dos Santos made headlines after her racial spat on twitter last Thursday against a black gentleman at her local supermarket. "Just, well took on an arrogant and disrespectful kaffir inside Spar. Should have punched him, should have," She tweeted.

This tweet landed her in hot water after she was stripped off her 2011 FHM model of the year title and lost her status as a brand ambassador for QuickTrim SA.

Was is necessary for her to use the K-word?According to several publications it was a step too far especially at a time when South Africa had just celebrated 18 years of democracy.

As an influential individual in SA and a prominent figure in the modelling world she should have known better.South Africa is just 18 years old and to abuse her freedom of expression in such a manner calls for order to be restored.Her racial spat will prompt her followers whom are mostly white to normalise the word in a country that endured 48 years of racial discrimination.The defunct draconian apartheid system still runs deep in many Africans' veins.The scars are still visible and this insult does not help but aggravate the division between black South Africans and white South Africans.

A friend conceded to me that such individuals should just go stay in Orania where they will be able to enjoy their own freedom and practice their racism freely.Candidly speaking,a person of normal intelligence will not show her anger in such a draconian way and Ms Leandra crossed a boundaty she should not have crossed.

Some South Africans say NO TO RACISM!!!!

It waits to be seen whether the forever active Afriforum when it comes to racism will open a case against her.Black South Africans are waiting anxiously and should the Afriforum do the right thing,it will prove many who are of the opinion that the lobby group represents whites or Afrikaners wrong.

Aspiring actress Tshidi Thamana echoed the late former ANCYL President Peter Mokaba's sentiments that all white people should be killed in retaliation to Leandra's spat."Dear Mr Peter Mokaba ... I wish All White People were killed when you sang 'Kill The Boer' we wouldn't be experiencing @JessicaLeandra's racism right now," Thamana tweeted.

This feud proves that South Africans are angry and I agree with political commentator Moeletsi Mbeki when he said intellectually and mentally South Africans are going backwards.

But why are we so angry as a nation?

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