50 Cent has found himself in hot water. The rapper, who has a rather colorful Twitter presence
-- and 6.8 million followers -- recently made statements that offended
people with autism and parents of kids with autism. Given that new data shows one in 88 American kids are on the autism spectrum, that's a very large community to ostracize.
The ugly tweets were in response to an eager fan who wrote to 50:
"Release the album or get shot again." The rapper allegedly tweeted
back, "yeah just saw your picture fool you look autistic." And, he
didn't stop there. "I dont want no special ed kids on my time line
follow some body else," he posted later.
Unsurprisingly, the twitterverse was horrified. Actress and autism activist
Holly Robinson Peete, took to her own website to write an open letter to 50 Cent expressing her disappointment with his actions.
