Singer Kelis Racially Attacked in London Airport - Says UK's Racial Issues Are "Disgusting"
Wednesday, 14 September 2011
Written by Elliott Batte
New York based singer Kelis has spoken out about the racial abuse she received in a London airport, describing the UK’s racism problem as “disgusting.”
The star was caught a flight to London on Monday (12th) but was outraged after a man, who apparently thought Kelis was pushing into the passport control queue, racially abused her – and no-one around did anything about it.
“We get in the passport control line and apparently pissed this one man off cause he thought I cut the line. Which wouldn't be farfetched of me but this time I actually didn't (not entirely anyway).
“Well the point is from 0 to 60 this fat red faced sweaty 'man' (I use the word man loosely here) started calling me a slave and told me to call him sir and how I was probably a disgusting Nigerian.
“He called me Kunta Kinte and ranted and raved some more. The man behind the passport desk laughed, shook his head in agreement I guess, and said 'Kunta Kinte'.
“All the while the entire line full of people I just sat on a plane with for almost 3 hours over 50 people said nothing, I mean literally nothing. Didn't flinch.
“We all know I'm no saint, so I retaliated. Not the way I wanted to or how that pig deserved. But #1 my gorgeous baby boy was literally sitting on my hip and #2 I'm a believer. And we are better. Sposed to be.”
“Anyway, it made me think. This person was aprox a 50 year old English man. I didn't say anything at the time of the riots in London for a lot of reasons. But I am in London all the time and today I'm gonna say that the racial issues in the UK are disgusting.
“It's racially decades behind progression because everything is swept under the rug. People don't talk about it. People don't fight about it.”
What do you think of Kelis’ statement – do you agree that the UK has a race problem? Or is this an isolated/uncommon occurance?
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