For calling people “wogs” in a casual manner, a young witness to a shooting in Australia has become an overnight Internet celebrity:
Her video interview attracted more than 100,000 views, a Facebook fan group with over 1800 members has appeared and even t-shirts featuring Clare quotes are available online.
The group, “Clare the Kings Cross bogan fan club”, has spawned internet memes such as ironic motivational posters featuring the young woman and two other people interviewed on the night.
Here’s the video:
UPDATE: When I said “irono-racism” in the headline, I didn’t mean to imply I thought HER racism was ironic — I more was talking about her hordes of Internet fans. (Even there, I suppose there’s some real crossover. But isn’t that what irono-racism is all about?)
