Photo: Screenshot via the Bristol Post
It may be 2017, but we're all well aware that racism has never ceased to exist, not only in the U.S. but also in other parts of the world. In our modern age, bigotry is often spouted on social media where it can be seen by millions yet still disseminated under a veil of relative anonymity.
One such event recently occurred on the Twitter timeline of NHS Blood and Transplant, a department of the UK's National Health Service. Back in June, the NHS Blood and Transplant Twitter account tweeted, "Black people with sickle cell disease urgently need black donors." And as Twitter trolls are wont to do, one by the name of @ImGrunenWalde seems to have been deliberately searching for tweets about Black people to unleash his hate upon, as his reply ("If we deport all blacks, this will stop being an issue.") to the June tweet came an entire four months later on October 12 -- long after if would have appeared on his regular timeline.
Not one to sit idly by and let racist comments go unchallenged, @GiveBloodNHS clapped back with the BEST reply, "OR.. we could just deport you. ✊". As reported by the BBC, a spokesman for NHS also stated, "There is no place for any kind of racism within our online communities."
Twitter responded with its own kind of applause for the health service's actions:
Seriously, you can take all my blood for that clap back!!!
— Chizzy (@chizzyakudolu) October 12, 2017
Awesome response from @GiveBloodNHS ?❤️? Some people are so STUPID?
— The Specialist (@iwearmanycaps) October 15, 2017
Going to sign up now, this has definitely given me the push to do so ♥️ thank you for this! Love from a girl who is Black AND English ??
— Bec Awuor (@Queeniebey) October 14, 2017
This is probably the best tweet I've ever seen from an NHS account ?? you can have all of my blood for that comeback!
— Luke (@browny_x) October 12, 2017
