ILOSM family you ever had a moment when you just had to step back from a situation and give yourself a “Wooo-sah” to refrain from going off on somebody? Yeah? Well that day is today for actor, Samuel Jackson and his good friend, NBA legend, Earvin “Magic” Johnson.
Remember when we told y’all that they, along with their wives, family, and friends, were vacationing for the past few weeks on a $680K per week yacht in celebration of Magic’s birthday? Also, remember that time when a TV reporter mistook Samuel Jackson for Laurence Fishburne and he had to check him?
Well combine those two memories and that’s pretty much what has just happened to Jackson and Johnson…except what they were mistaken for was far worse than the legendary Laurence Fishburne.
The Shopping Spree That Started It All
While vacationing in Forte dei Marmi, Tuscany, Italy, the two friends took a photo of themselves chillin’ in chairs, next to their Prada and Louis Vuitton shopping bags, after a shopping trip. Johnson posted the photo on Twitter, captioning it: “Sam and I chilling out on a bench yesterday in Forte dei Marmi, Italy. The fans started lining up to take pictures with us.” Although that sounds innocent enough, that is where all HELL broke loose across the internet.
The Italian Meme
In what he referred to as a social experiment, comic, Luca Bottura, created a meme from the photo of Jackson and Johnson with this caption: “Boldrini’s resources in Forte dei Marmi shop at Prada with our €35 [dollars]. Share this picture if you are outraged.”
According to TheIndependent.co.uk, Luca’s meme ‘was a reference to Laura Boldrini, President of the Chamber of Deputies of Italy, who has drawn fierce criticism for her progressive open migration policy.’
Turns out, thousands of Italy’s citizens came across Luca’s meme of Jackson and Johnson and did not know who neither one of them were. But they did notice, however, the expensive shopping bags surrounding the superstars in the photo. So what did the oblivious Italian citizens do next? They responded with some of the most racially profiled comments Samuel Jackson and Magic Johnson have ever been the topic of.
‘Lazy Immigrants On Welfare?’
The Italian citizens mistook Jackson and Johnson as two “lazy immigrants” who abuse Italy’s system by spending all of Italy’s tax payers’ dollars (because of course they’re on welfare) on expensive items they cannot afford. The Italians then proceeded to bash them in droves all over social media. What in the HELL?!!
One commenter posted: ”Nina Moric is right and this is shameful … I am not racist, but I know there are people who really do not have money, while these wear branded clothes and relax.”
Another one wrote: “Immigration is crushing us.”
Other’s went on to state how they were ‘disgusted’ by seeing such lazy immigrants taking over their country.
Soon after the meme went viral, the comic responded with this on Facebook:
“The meme has been shared thousands of times and 40 per cent of people understood the provocation, 30 per cent were outraged and 20 per cent thought it was a racist meme and that I had failed to recognize Samuel Jackson and Earvin ‘Magic’ Johnson, (I will not reveal the 10 per cent).”
Now it’s probably safe to assume that the thousands of Italian citizens, who were angered, are walking around with their faces cracked, after learning that the “two lazy immigrants” in the meme have enough wealth to buy several whole islands in the very country they were accused of taking advantage of with their expensive shopping sprees. Ah well…we live and we learn I suppose.
