A Twitter user complains that a dark-skinned model was chosen to advertise for the online mail order company Otto. Otto reacts and goes viral.
This is how “Otto” introduces a racist user. – The most important thing at the beginning:
A Twitter user expresses her anger at the dark-skinned model from the online mail order company Otto. The company reacts promptly and takes a stand against this racist incitement.
Racist hate speech on Twitter
A user wrote on Twitter that she was disgusted at having to see a black model when creating a customer account on the online mail order company's website. In her opinion, this does not correspond to “our society” but to “what we should become.” WITHOUT ME!” The user describes herself as “so far to the right that she can turn the corner again on the left”.
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The reaction goes viral
Otto reacts promptly, adapts the wording of the tweet accordingly and thus takes a stand against racist incitement.
“IT DISGUSTS US TOO. You want to open Twitter, click accordingly, and another absurd tweet stares at us! WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO SEE THAT ANYMORE! That's not our society. WITHOUT US!”
At the end of this reaction, the online mail order company added three rainbow flag emojis.
IT DISGUSTS US TOO. You want to open Twitter, click accordingly, and another absurd tweet stares at us! WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO SEE THAT ANYMORE! That's not our society. WITHOUT US! ?️??️??️?
— Otto (GmbH & Co KG) (@otto_de) February 14, 2020
Otto's reaction has now received over 33,000 likes and has been shared more than 4,700 times.
Source: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
Article image: Otto / Twitter
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