dowdellresearch/social media: Lewis Hamilton

Wednesday, February 06, 2008

First Tiger Wood now Lewis Hamilton

Yeah, I told you about the shutterbuggers bugging Tiger, but now we got folks messing with Lewis Hamilton. Of course, I am not a racing fan and faintly heard of Hamilton but that's not the point. Read the story over at the afrospear think tank.

"Lewis Hamilton told today of his torment after being subjected to racist abuse as he tested his new Formula One car in Spain.
Fans at Barcelona’s Montmelo circuit shouted “black s***”, “black whore” and “f****** blacks” whenever the British driver, 23, made a pit stop.
Several others mocked him by wearing black make-up and wigs.
Hamilton, a hate […]"

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