Voula Papachristou Kicked Off Olympic Team For Racist Tweet
The 2012 London Olympic Games are set to begin this week, but Voula Papachristou won’t be attending. The almost-Olympian was kicked off of the Greek Olympic team after she sent out a racist message on Twitter.
Papachristou wrote:
“With so many Africans in Greece, at least the West Nile mosquitos will be eating food from their own home.”
According to the Huffington Post, the message remained on Twitter for two days before Papachristou issued an apology.
Papachristou wrote:
“I would like to express my heartfelt apologies for the unfortunate and tasteless joke I published on my personal Twitter account. I am very sorry and ashamed for the negative responses I triggered, since I never wanted to offend anyone, or to encroach human rights. My dream is connected to the Olympic Games and I could not possibly participate if I did not respect their values. Therefore, I could never believe in discrimination between human beings and races. I would like to apologize to all my friends and fellow athletes, who I may have insulted or shamed, the National Team, as well as the people and companies who support my athletic career. Finally, I would like to apologize to my coach and my family.”
But the apology was too little and too late. The Greek Olympic Committee released a statement saying that Papachristou, who was set to compete with the Track & Field team in the triple jump event, would not be participating in the 2012 London Olympics.
Isidoros Kouvelos, president of the Greek Olympic Committee, told EuroNews:
“She showed no respect for a basic Olympic value and unfortunately she is out…. She made a mistake and in life we pay for our mistakes.”
Do you think Voula Papachristou should have been banned from the Olympics over a tweet? The Australian Olympic team also punished two of its athletes over tasteless tweets.
According to EuroNews, the 23-year-old athlete was a long-shot at the 2012 Olympics. Her best triple jump of the season was 14.58 meters, about half a meter from the world leaders.
Here’s a video of Voula Papachristou in action.
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Posted: July 25, 2012
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Jul 25, 2012
fuck her they dont need trash in the olympic white trash
Jul 25, 2012
Absolutely should be kicked out. There is no place for this sort of thought at the Olympics. I am sure she didn't learn such things in a vacumn—so its important that other Greeks that may share this sort of thought are made to understand the danger of it in this world 2012.
Jul 26, 2012
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Jul 26, 2012
Pretty stupid tasteless thing to do to say the least……but she should not have expelled for that..
Jul 26, 2012
Potpuno je s pravom izbacena.
Jul 26, 2012
Gledo sam neki dan , da su sad kad crnci na papiru imaju sva prava socijalne razlike između crnaca i bjelaca u GB i USA još veće negoli su bile u doba polurasističkih šezdesetih.Pa mi se čini licemjerno pokazivat zube na ljudima koji imaju samo loš smisao za humor
Jul 26, 2012
To je sve skupa malo kompleksniji problem nego sto se da priloziti u post/dva na fejsu. Rasizam je neprihvatljiv i u ovakvim situacijama kao sto su Olimpijske igre apsolutno su u pravu da kaznom napravi primjer. Sto ne znaci da rasizam ne postoji u stvarnom zivotu, na svim nivoima. I on je obosmjeran. Statisticki mozda cak i vise od manjina prema vecinama. A sto se tice kome je bolje a kome gore, tu nedam nikom pravo da se zali. To bi bilo isto kao da sam ja lokalni narkoman na klupici u Vrapcu i krivim sistem za svoj zivotni nesupjeh. U ovoj zemlji pogotovo, svi su rodjeni sa velikim prednostima u odnosu na imigrante mog kalibra. Osobna je odgovornost svakoga pojedinca sto je napravio od svog zivota. Problem je sto bi svi nesto za nista. Svi bi se valjali u novcima al se nikom ne radi. Tako da tu nemam ni kapi milosti.
Jul 28, 2012
Almost all the behaviors come from genes. Intelligence is determined before birth by genes as well as skin color. So discrimination against racists is another discrimination against certain genes.
Someday, behavioral genetics will prove that racism is a genetic disorder.
Jul 28, 2012
добра поента. Да ли можете да пишете на енглеском?