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Miss South Africa Sparks Fury After Wearing Gloves With HIV-Positive Orphans
Posted on 7/12/17 at 8:00 pm
Posted on 7/12/17 at 8:00 pm
What say ye? Are her critics overreacting, or do they have a valid point?
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Miss South Africa has sparked the ire of the internet after images of her wearing gloves emerged visiting an orphanage for HIV-positive children in Johannesburg. Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters which the Daily Mail identifies as mixed-race, posted a photo of herself eating sandwiches and bread with white medical gloves on, surrounded by black children. She captioned the shot, “Winter is for yummy soup, fresh bread rolls and cozy blankies supporting @themaslowhotel‘s #wintersoupdrive” (it’s winter in the Southern hemisphere). Almost immediately Black (African) Twitter went to work.
Many were outraged, including one asking, “Do you always eat with the gloves on???” and posting photos of Peters hugging white children and dogs sans gloves.
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Posted on 7/12/17 at 8:02 pm to L.A.
Good call
Posted on 7/12/17 at 8:02 pm to L.A.
I'd wear a hazmat suit
Posted on 7/12/17 at 8:02 pm to L.A.
I'd wear gloves, too. 
Posted on 7/12/17 at 8:02 pm to L.A.
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posting photos of Peters hugging white children and dogs sans gloves.
Were these children and dogs HIV positive?
If not obviously they are overreacting
This post was edited on 7/12/17 at 8:05 pm
Posted on 7/12/17 at 8:02 pm to L.A.
frick their virtue signaling. You do you, Miss South Africa.
Posted on 7/12/17 at 8:04 pm to L.A.
Please take a guess as to what's wrong with that picture.
Posted on 7/12/17 at 8:06 pm to L.A.
well hell, she'd be stupid not to!!!...that is heartbreaking to see little kids suffer for something that they had nothing to do with.....it is gut-wrenching for me, but she is not in the wrong here, i am sure that the ones having all of the moral outrage wouldn't even be there at all...i really do hate the world system and those that run it
Posted on 7/12/17 at 8:06 pm to Lsuchs
quote:No, neither was HIV positive
Were these children and dogs HIV positive?
Posted on 7/12/17 at 8:07 pm to L.A.
Apparently she is mixed race. I am assuming black/white. I wonder if she called her black parent a "typical black person?"
Posted on 7/12/17 at 8:07 pm to upgrayedd
quote:I'm stumped
Please take a guess as to what's wrong with that picture.
Posted on 7/12/17 at 8:08 pm to upgrayedd
quote:
Please take a guess as to what's wrong with that picture.
Lack of Falcon's Super Bowl championship shirts?
Posted on 7/12/17 at 8:10 pm to OneFifty
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Lack of Falcon's Super Bowl championship shirts?
Posted on 7/12/17 at 8:11 pm to L.A.
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I'm stumped
If you feel the need to wear gloves, you shouldn't be eating in that environment. It completely defeats the purpose.
Posted on 7/12/17 at 8:14 pm to L.A.
Outrage
Posted on 7/12/17 at 8:14 pm to L.A.
I visited a very poor preschool when I visited South Africa years ago. Now that place looks like it could be a lot nicer than what I saw, but ANY school and setting with lots of children are like petri dishes--even if children come from the wealthiest and healthiest environments.
While it would probably be a bit ridiculous if she was only concerned about HIV, but if she is even a bit of a Mysophobia (fear of germs), then it would make sense in that setting.
Edit: Upgrayyed brings up a good point that it's counterproductive to he eating it she was concerned about germs.
While it would probably be a bit ridiculous if she was only concerned about HIV, but if she is even a bit of a Mysophobia (fear of germs), then it would make sense in that setting.
Edit: Upgrayyed brings up a good point that it's counterproductive to he eating it she was concerned about germs.
This post was edited on 7/12/17 at 8:17 pm
Posted on 7/12/17 at 8:19 pm to upgrayedd
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If you feel the need to wear gloves, you shouldn't be eating in that environment. It completely defeats the purpose.
What do you mean by defeats the purpose? She was trying to do hang out with these kids, whether for publicity or genuine sympathy that was her purpose.
People use simple safety precautions for things all the time, doesn't mean they shouldn't be doing what they are doing.
It's like wearing a helmet when riding a bike. Doesn't mean you shouldn't be doing it in the first place just because you are taking extra steps to protect yourself
ETA: if you meant specifically eating my bad. But she might have been wearing gloves regardless
This post was edited on 7/12/17 at 8:24 pm
Posted on 7/12/17 at 8:19 pm to L.A.
Still don't understand how HIV is a big problem over there.
Posted on 7/12/17 at 8:21 pm to L.A.
Ignore the fact that those small orphaned children are afflicted with HIV and concentrate more on how someone being charitable interacts with them.
Wonderful.
Wonderful.
Posted on 7/12/17 at 8:21 pm to L.A.
I'd have a respirator on
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