Greek Triple-Jumper Kicked Off Olympic Team For Racist Tweet; Why Do We Expect Athlet

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Greek triple-jumper Voula Papachristou was expelled from the Olympic team for making fun of African immigrants on her twitter account, with a racist tweet that went viral amongst outraged followers. Her joke–"With so many Africans in Greece, the West Nile mosquitoes will be getting home food!!!"–was awful, and her fellow countrymen argued that she shouldn't be allowed to represent Greece after such an offense. But the situation raises the question: Why do we count on athletes to represent countries at all? More »Post from: Blisstree