“In light of disgusting racist tweet, I’m donating to today” and “How did get a PR job?! Her level of racist ignorance belongs on Fox News. Sacco’s Twitter feed had become a horror show. 1 worldwide trend on Twitter right now,” she said. Then her phone exploded with more texts and alerts. Then another text: “You need to call me immediately.” It was from her best friend, Hannah. Right away, she got a text from someone she hadn’t spoken to since high school: “I’m so sorry to see what’s happening.” Sacco looked at it, baffled. When the plane landed in Cape Town and was taxiing on the runway, she turned on her phone. No one replied, which didn’t surprise her. She chuckled to herself as she pressed send on this last one, then wandered around Heathrow’s international terminal for half an hour, sporadically checking her phone. 20, before the final leg of her trip to Cape Town:
“Chilly - cucumber sandwiches - bad teeth. Get some deodorant.’ - Inner monologue as I inhale BO. “ ‘Weird German Dude: You’re in First Class. There was one about a fellow passenger on the flight from John F. As she made the long journey from New York to South Africa, to visit family during the holidays in 2013, Justine Sacco, 30 years old and the senior director of corporate communications at IAC, began tweeting acerbic little jokes about the indignities of travel.
