A tragic accident involving Anthony Joshua, which reportedly claimed the lives of his personal trainer and a longtime friend, should have been met with nothing but empathy and restraint. Instead, one comment crossed into outright stereotyping and mockery: “Yoruba people, village people.” followed by laughing emojis.
This remark is not only insensitive but deeply harmful. It trivializes death, reduces a painful loss to ethnic ridicule, and reinforces the lazy habit of blaming entire groups for tragedy. Injecting tribal stereotypes into moments of grief reflects a lack of humanity and respect for both the victims and their communities. Loss is not an opportunity for jokes, and ethnicity is not a punchline. When tragedy is met with mockery, it exposes a moral failure far more disturbing than the event being discussed.
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