The times are sensitive.
A wrong word is worth banishment, with no hope of return.
The cruel mishap happened to Kevin Thompson, the white presenter star of one of the most important American shows, when he received HealMan, a famous black rapper to whom he dared to ask if he
“didn't find it contradictory to defend the struggle against the racism suffered by black people and to call for violence against white people
.
What hadn't he said?
As soon as the question was asked, it provoked an altercation between the two men.
The rap star told his interviewer to show him more
“respek”.
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Broadcast on social networks, the scene caused the rapper's number of subscribers to soar, from 56 to 68 million in three days.
Thompson was fired a few hours later while HealMan was propelled as a symbol of the woke community.
The Respek group was created in the process to
“rebuild the moral values”
of society.
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