A woman who was branded ‘racist’ along with her boyfriend after he painted his face black for a family Zoom quiz told a critic to ‘get a grip’ – and argued it was fine because his best friend is black.
The woman, known as Sally, shared a photo to her Instagram Stories of her and her partner dressed as Beyonce and Jay-Z earlier this week.
As part of the costume, her boyfriend’s face was painted completely black.
Appalled Twitter user Yasmin Amirah, from Kent, subsequently took to Twitter to share a screenshot of an exchange she had with Sally afterwards, during which she was told to ‘shut up’ and ‘have a laugh’ when she questioned their actions.
Sally later apologised, explaining that she and her boyfriend were in ‘no state’ to have made the comments they did and had ‘no idea’ the image had been posted until they began receiving threatening messages.
A woman, called Sally (pictured) was branded ‘racist’ after her boyfriend (pictured) painted his face black while dressing up for a Zoom quiz
Twitter user Yasmin Amirah, from Kent, posted an exchange in which the woman, called Sally, told her to ‘get a grip’ and ‘shut up’
After posting the story on her own Instagram page, Yasmin said she received a message from Sally calling her a ‘f****** d****’ and telling her to ‘shut up’ and ‘get a grip’.
Sally went on to insist: ‘Not being funny, you need to seriously have a laugh.’
At one point during the correspondence, Sally quipped: ‘His best mate is black, did he have a problem? No.’
Yasmin hit back: ‘Your man could have done Jay-Z without painting his face black.’
Posting the conversation to Twitter, Yasmin wrote: ‘Twitter, do your thing. This behaviour is beyond me.’
Furious Twitter users quickly slammed the woman, with many shocked that she had tried to use friendship with a black person to justify their actions
Furious Twitter users quickly slammed the woman, with many shocked that she had tried to use a friendship with a black person to justify their actions.
One baffled person wrote: ‘She really said it’s not racist because his best mate is black.’
Another tweeted: ‘Jay Z is a light skin black man how does this even make sense… at the least get his skintone right.’
Later, Yasmin shared a further message from Sally, this time on a Twitter account she had created, telling her she was ‘sincerely sorry’ and that she had been receiving death threats and threatening phone calls.
Later, Yasmin shared another message from Sally, this time on a Twitter account she had created, telling her she was ‘sincerely sorry’ and that she had been receiving death threats and threatening phone calls
The message read: ‘There is no easy way to put this, so I’ll just straight up apologise for the picture and my comments made to you last night.
‘My replies came following a Zoom quiz night in our home. I shouldn’t have replied how I did and I wasn’t in any sort of mindset at the time to make those comments.
‘We had no idea the image had been posted until myself, partner and workplace received death threats and threatening phone calls to my personal mobile.
‘I am sincerely sorry for everything, I understand an apology doesn’t make it right, it should not have happened in the first place.’
Several users were not convinced be the apology, insisting that the woman was ‘only apologising’ because her actions had negative consequences
But several Twitter users were not convinced by the apology, insisting that the woman was only doing it because her actions had negative consequences.
One claimed there’s ‘a difference between saying I’m sorry and actually meaning it’.
‘The fact that she’s trying to justify her actions instead of realising what she has done is wrong, disgusting,’ another wrote. ‘It mortifies me how ignorant people can be.’
Another tweeted: ‘It’s not sincere if she’s only apologising because her workplace is getting threats lmao. They’re not sorry they just want to get out of it and not receive any backlash anymore.’
A third agreed, writing: ‘There’s a difference between saying I’m sorry and actually meaning it. She’s only apologising because she felt threatened. She wasn’t sorry with that first reply. She won’t be sorry after. She’s only sorry in the moment.’