ESPN Tried To Shame Cuba’s Poverty on Twitter. The Internet’s Response Was Perfect
ESPN RECENTLY POSTED THIS tweet on its account:
Meanwhile, next to the stadium in Havana… pic.twitter.com/4nHUzVNO5e
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) March 22, 2016
The tweet tried to highlight how Cuba’s poverty existed right next door to its fancy stadiums.
The Internet responded by cleverly reminding ESPN that this kind of inequality isn’t just a Cuban problem. In the United States, our inequality is just as embarrassing. Twitter users posted photos of what it looks like outside popular stadiums around the U.S. to showcase how our issues with poverty are not so dissimilar to Cuba’s. Check them out below:
@SportsCenter meanwhile next to the Stadium in Detroit. pic.twitter.com/Oi1M01X6N0
— Charlie Images (@charlieimagesRD) March 22, 2016
@SportsCenter Meanwhile, outside Citi Field pic.twitter.com/QRCcuReiwD
— Justin Klugh (@justin_klugh) March 22, 2016
Willets Point literally does not have have sidewalks or sewers. pic.twitter.com/g4K4AV3ZhC
— Barry Petchesky (@barryap1) March 22, 2016
@SportsCenter Meanwhile, next to the stadium in Atlanta… pic.twitter.com/Apom4gAmZp
— shrekli (@redlineQC) March 22, 2016