by Oge Okonkwo

Justine Sacco, a  public relations executive for the prominent New York-based Internet media company IAC was fired on Saturday as a result of the racist tweet which she put up on Friday before she boarded a plane to an Africa country on an official trip.

IAC which condemned the message, announced that the company and Justine Sacco have “parted ways”.

The company distanced itself from the message.

“The offensive comment does not reflect the views and values of IAC,” the company said in a statement on Saturday. “We take this issue very seriously, and we have parted ways with the employee in question.”

“There is no excuse for the hateful statements that have been made and we condemn them unequivocally,” the statement continued. “We hope, however, that time and action, and the forgiving human spirit, will not result in the wholesale condemnation of an individual who we have otherwise known to be a decent person at core.”

What do you think about Ms. Sacco getting fired after creating a negative buzz on Twitter?