South Africans Drag Tyrese Gibson Over ‘White Slavery’ Post

South Africans have taken to their social media to call out actor-singer Tyrese Gibson over his recent post in which he talked about ‘white slavery’ in the southern African country.

Gibson shared four pictures of white men in chains and a black man as their “master”, and another of a white woman breastfeeding a black baby while the child’s black mother gets ready for work. Another shows a young white girl looking at black dolls and white women giving foot massages to Asian women. And he captioned it: “the flip … get to YouTube this is what’s going on in SA.”

When South Africans demanded that he should the post, he got angry, asked “why you took it so literal?” He continued, “I am not offended by the feedback, it was an attempt at a compliment based on that YouTube clip that I have already referred to. Not the general overall SA but specific areas and specific groups are doing well, based on my own 10+ visits to SA and seeing things with my own eyes.”

See the exchange:

Tyrese needs to do just one thing which is to take down the post! He says he is not offended by the feedback, what? pic.twitter.com/a0sF9SXoB5

— Angel.Energy (@nzuzo_khoza) June 18, 2020

He went further to say that “other folks” also have opinions about America.

He has since taken down the post, but South Africans are still very upset. See the reactions below:

Poor @Tyrese got misled by those white folks on youtube spreading propaganda about imaginary "farm killings" in SA...imagine thinking the dude was only acting to be stupid in fast & furious, only to find out that even in reality his black ass ignorant af 🙄#Tyresemustfall

— Ngimnyama Ngenkani💪🏿 (@uMlisa_Ontsundu) June 18, 2020

QUESTION :Can't we like, as a country sue Tyrese for defamation of character? ... pic.twitter.com/50Zqy4zwMc

— .strive (@Vin_qii) June 18, 2020

@Tyrese How could you even conceive the idea that black South South Africans are doing what slave masters did to Africans?
What was your motive especially at the time of such heightened racial tensions?
Did you do this for #AllLivesMatter against #BlackLivesMatter?
What is this? pic.twitter.com/O4egUxiKpq

— Tabudi (@Tabudim) June 18, 2020

Basically, they talk about how the government favors blacks and neglects poor whites. My G!? I LIVE IN JHB N I NEVER SEEN A WHITE SQUATTER CAMP! These r ppl from CAnada n EU who know NOTHING about SA. Every weekend kasi has service delivery strikes for basics ...

— Mongalo Moloko (@Azanian_Gamer) June 18, 2020