South Africans have been left shocked by a row between a model and an aspiring actress who traded racist barbs over Twitter.
Jessica Leandra Dos Santos, a 20-year-old white, former FHM model, who tweeted
last week: “Just, well took on an arrogant and disrespectful kaffir inside
Spar. Should have punched him.”
The term is a racist slur for a black person and originates from the Arabic
word for disbeliever.
Although she apologised and blamed the remark on anger over being sexually
harassed by the unnamed man, her timeline revealed another racist tweet.
"Highlight of my weekend? Almost punching an #Engen petrol assistant. No
tolerance for rude African monkeys whatsoever," it read.
Following angry responses to the comments, Dos Santos deleted the latest
offending tweet, but added: "Would u all stop! These are the kinds of
people that land up raping young girls of our country! I wasn't going to let
him get away with it."
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