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Woman's Instagram Post About Kenyan Child Ignites Fury

In the post, since deleted, the woman wrote: "One of the happiest moments in your life was probably when you met me and my friends," she wrote.
Source: @jossajohansoon via Instagram/Screenshot by NPR

Editor's Note: This story was originally published on November 26, 2017 and has been updated.

This week, an Instagram user who goes by the name of Jossa Johansson has come under fire for the caption of a post with a photo of herself embracing a little girl from Kibera, Kenya.

"One of the happiest moment in your life was probably when you met me and my friends," wrote Johansson. "I am sorry to tell you that there is a very slim chance we will ever meet again."

Johansson went on to write, "In two years you are going to meet a grown man that you have never met before and you two are going to have a child ... if you are lucky ... he will probably leave you alone ... in your small

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