Racism on Twitter? Meet a victim!
Coronation Street actress Shobna Gulati, who is of Indian descent, left micro-blogging site Twitter after receiving racist messages. The 44-year-old soap star was bombarded with race hate messages over the past couple of weeks after she...
entertainment Updated: Jun 04, 2011 16:14 ISTIANS
Coronation Street actress Shobna Gulati, who is of Indian descent, left micro-blogging site Twitter after receiving racist messages.
The 44-year-old soap star was bombarded with race hate messages over the past couple of weeks after she built up 18,467 followers.
Her departure from the social networking site comes a week after she expressed shock at receiving such abuse, reports dailymail.co.uk.
"Thanks for the support tweet ta di do das. I think I'm giving twitter a wee rest...gobsmacked," she added.

"Tweet ta di do das thanks for the follows. Thanks for the banter. I've enjoyed my time on twitter. Over and out."
The actress is a vocal anti-racism campaigner and recently worked with groups of young people in Oldham, Manchester.
First Published: Jun 04, 2011 14:58 IST