The woman behind an early Facebook post that helped spark baseless rumors about Haitians eating pets told NBC News that she feels for the immigrant community.
  • shalafi@lemmy.worldEnglish
    928·
    3 months ago

    the neighbor told Lee she thought the cat was the victim of an attack by her Haitian neighbors

    Lemmy: RACIST removed!

    OK, maybe she shouldn’t have casually repeated it, but put down the pitchforks, she didn’t make the accusation.

    • HairyHarry@lemmy.world
      23·
      3 months ago

      She also didn’t bother to question the absurdity of it.

      She also had the choice to post it, without naming the country the blamed people where coming from (why should it matter anyway?).

      • SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca
        1·
        3 months ago

        Well Zuckerberg and Musk would be at least partially to blame since their algorithms do a lot of the broadcasting.