{"id":7868,"date":"2020-06-18T14:52:20","date_gmt":"2020-06-18T12:52:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yfm.co.za\/devworld\/?p=7868"},"modified":"2020-06-18T14:52:20","modified_gmt":"2020-06-18T12:52:20","slug":"south-africans-refuse-to-accept-tyreses-apology-for-fake-news-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yfm.co.za\/devworld\/2020\/06\/18\/south-africans-refuse-to-accept-tyreses-apology-for-fake-news-post\/","title":{"rendered":"South Africans refuse to accept Tyrese&#8217;s apology for fake news post"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>There are many <a href=\"https:\/\/languagerecruiters.com\/11-misconceptions-about-south-africa\/\">misconceptions<\/a> about our diverse country. With many thinking we have wild animals roaming the city streets at any given time or we don&#8217;t have electricity and WiFi. But one famous somebody may have taken it a step too far.<\/h4>\n<p>Fast &amp; Furious cast member and American singer, Tyrese Gibson, had South Africans enraged on Wednesday, 17 June 2020. In a now-deleted Instagram post, the actor posted a controversial set of images along with a caption which suggested that South African black people and people of colour are living their best lives being served by and oppressing the caucasian population.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-7869 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yfm.co.za\/devworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/EawI-krXQAAXdqf.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"828\" height=\"1153\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.yfm.co.za\/devworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/EawI-krXQAAXdqf.jpg 828w, https:\/\/www.yfm.co.za\/devworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/EawI-krXQAAXdqf-553x770.jpg 553w, https:\/\/www.yfm.co.za\/devworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/EawI-krXQAAXdqf-768x1069.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 828px) 100vw, 828px\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-7870 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yfm.co.za\/devworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/EawI-krXgAMe9MB.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1152\" height=\"2048\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.yfm.co.za\/devworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/EawI-krXgAMe9MB.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.yfm.co.za\/devworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/EawI-krXgAMe9MB-433x770.jpg 433w, https:\/\/www.yfm.co.za\/devworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/EawI-krXgAMe9MB-658x1170.jpg 658w, https:\/\/www.yfm.co.za\/devworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/EawI-krXgAMe9MB-768x1365.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.yfm.co.za\/devworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/EawI-krXgAMe9MB-864x1536.jpg 864w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1152px) 100vw, 1152px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The post captioned &#8220;The flip &#8230; get to YouTube this is what\u2019s going on in South Africa.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Images:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Top left: White men shackled in chains with a black man in the middle.<\/p>\n<p>Top right: A white female houseworker breastfeeding a black baby as the child\u2019s black mother gets ready.<\/p>\n<p>Bottom left: White women massaging the feet of Asian women<\/p>\n<p>Bottom right: A white girl looking at a shelf of black dolls<\/p>\n<p>The video Tyrese referred to:<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"South Africa - Poor Whites\/Rich Blacks\" width=\"1170\" height=\"658\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/e5jJSjpztmA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Many South Africans were angered by the post, and tweeps wasted no time setting the record straight.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Why are you spreading fake news about SA. Sizokufundisa isfundo weThayrisi <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5c6LaP6G50\">pic.twitter.com\/5c6LaP6G50<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Year 2019 (@NjabuloM_ZN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NjabuloM_ZN\/status\/1273584403038572550?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 18, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/lele_efkay\/status\/1273537907345756161<\/p>\n<p>Word got out and media personality and founder of House of BNG, Bonang Matheba according to screen grabs, responded&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7873\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yfm.co.za\/devworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/104222045_588472908467588_7537717386890193910_n-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7872\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yfm.co.za\/devworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/82498690_594227624818211_6039494489184879783_n-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7871\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yfm.co.za\/devworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/103942493_173551830851080_2892795940941222400_n-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;If anybody follows me on Instagram, ya&#8217;ll know. Controversy doesn&#8217;t scare me.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Tyrese states in a video he published following the removal of the post.<\/p>\n<p>He goes further to point out that he first stepped foot in &#8220;Africa&#8221; in 2004 and is very proud to have the title AFRICAN- American seeing as he recently did an ancestry test that allegedly &#8216;proved&#8217; that he is 98% African.<\/p>\n<p>In the midst of the global pandemic, #BlackLivesMatter movement and the #GenderBasedViolence uproar in SA, the actor continues to say &#8220;I was actually proud to put this post up because&#8230; I was not specifically pointing out anything&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Which &#8211; doesn&#8217;t make sense because he later explains that what he was pointing out was that &#8220;images of [African] wealth are not shared&#8221; in traditional media.<\/p>\n<p>No post goes unanswered.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/Lombuso1\/status\/1273580849817161729<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pinks_Masilela\/status\/1273558519246204928<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;But to me&#8230; 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[ shout to team short attention span ] Ha!<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\">A post shared by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/tyrese\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px;\" target=\"_blank\"> TYRESE<\/a> (@tyrese) on <time style=\" font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;\" datetime=\"2020-06-18T10:40:52+00:00\">Jun 18, 2020 at 3:40am PDT<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>So, what do you make of this?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are many misconceptions about our diverse country. 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