{"id":515,"date":"2012-05-06T05:38:38","date_gmt":"2012-05-06T05:38:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/praag.org\/?p=515"},"modified":"2012-05-06T06:00:00","modified_gmt":"2012-05-06T06:00:00","slug":"south-african-model-apologises-for-using-kaffir-in-a-tweet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/praag.org\/?p=515","title":{"rendered":"South African model apologises for using ‘kaffir’ in a tweet"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Jessica Leandra Dos Santos<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Model Jessica Leandra Dos Santos has said it was not in her nature to use racist language after she caused a row on social networking site Twitter.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cOver the past 24 hours I have had time to reflect on my actions and I don\u2019t have the words to express my sincere remorse following my unkindly and emotional outburst on Twitter recently,\u201d Leandra said in a statement today.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe people who know me know that this is not my nature and verbal usage.\u201d<\/p>\n

Leandra came under fire yesterday after posting a racist tweet.<\/p>\n

On Thursday evening, she told her Twitter followers: \u201cJust, well took on an arrogant and disrespectful kaffir inside Spar. Should have punched him, should have (sic).\u201d<\/p>\n

Leandra, who was men\u2019s magazine FHM model of the year in 2011, has since deleted the post.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo matter how much I was provoked, I do acknowledge that it was an inappropriate reaction to the incident. I have had time to reflect back on the incident and realise that I could have handled this differently,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Leandra said she had decided to get professional coaching to help her deal with instances of sexual harassment.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am still very young and if I can learn how to handle this more appropriately, perhaps other young ladies and woman in general can also benefit and learn from my experience.\u201d<\/p>\n

South Africans took to Twitter yesterday to voice their distaste at Leandra\u2019s comment.<\/p>\n

In a statement on its website FHM said Leandra had been stripped of her title as winner of the FHM Modelbook 2011 competition with immediate effect.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s important to us that it is noted that she in no way represents the magazine; she was merely the winner of an online poll we ran, and that we totally distance ourselves from her blatantly racist comments,\u201d FHM editor Brendan Cooper said in the statement.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have removed all pictures of her from our website and will have nothing to do with her in future.\u201d
\nQuickTrim SA, one of her sponsors, tweeted: \u201cDue to the severity of the remarks by #JessicaLeandra #QuickTrimSA herewith ends our sponsorship to her with immediate effect!\u201d<\/p>\n

Columnist Mabine Seabe wrote on the social networking site that he had lodged a complaint with the SA Human Rights Commission.<\/p>\n

– SAPA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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