Brit Abused Kelis at Airport

Mr Jones · 16 Sep 2011 at 07:50

http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/14917431

I'm not one for racism, especially directed abuses but one can't help but wonder if at the spur of a moment when you're frustrated, especially when you're waiting in a queue at an airport and some big shot star is allowed to cut the queue, you'll just blurp out the nastiest thing to get that "big shot's" attention.

I personally think she's just a singer and if she's got her usual security details, she should queue like everyone else unless she gets the same boarding privileges as the first class passenger, then that's a different story.

How would you react when you're in a queue and someone deemed more important gets to go ahead of you just because they're famous/rich/high-profile (non-political security risk e.t.c)?

Yosiah · 16 Sep 2011 at 07:51

18 weeks for trolling?

bhavv · 16 Sep 2011 at 07:54

Yosiah said:
18 weeks for trolling?

For Kelis? Yes please.

semi-pro waster · 16 Sep 2011 at 07:56

My reaction would probably be much the same for someone famous/rich/high-profile as it would be for everyone else, I might tut to myself but then go back to reading my book. Me getting riled up because someone fails to understand the concept of queueing doesn't normally achieve anything so I wouldn't bother myself about it much, it's a bit annoying but hardly the end of the world. If people skipping queues is a source of major ire then my only advice is never go to a European ski resort...

steve-h · 16 Sep 2011 at 07:58

I was wondering what a 'Kelis' was at first...

after she jumped the queue while going through passport control.

how's she done that?

Danthus · 16 Sep 2011 at 08:00

I would probably say something like "I bet you wish your records could get to number one as fast."

Edrof · 16 Sep 2011 at 08:01

To be honest, her statement of "Racial issues in the UK are disgusting" is far worse. She's managed to insult an entire nation!

"It's [the UK] racially decades behind progression because everything is swept under the rug. People don't talk about it."

Nice. I was under the (unresearched) impression that the US was riddled with racism on all sides. If the man really did say something to her that was racist it's definitely wrong of course, but she could have made a complaint to the police and she didn't.

Danthus · 16 Sep 2011 at 08:04

So she is so upset about this racial abuse she makes no complaint about it and just opts for the publicity option instead.

Danthus · 16 Sep 2011 at 08:05

steve-h said:
I was wondering what a 'Kelis' was at first...

how's she done that?

She played the race card.

Cosimo · 16 Sep 2011 at 08:05

steve-h said:
how's she done that?

She took a long run up and jumped.

steve-h · 16 Sep 2011 at 08:07

simulatorman said:
She took a long run up and jumped.

Of course... I forgot ethnics were good at jumping.

Edrof · 16 Sep 2011 at 08:07

Silly cow. I just found this interesting little tidbit:

However, it should be noted that if the incident had occurred, the man would have been from a non-European Union country as [...] British people would not be in the same immigration queue as US citizens.

wildman · 16 Sep 2011 at 08:08

Falcon punch the bitch

Castiel · 16 Sep 2011 at 08:08

I think Kelis needs to revaluate her criticism of Britain in regard to racism in the face of her native countries record on civil rights and treatment of black and ethnic minorities.

So she was abused for queue jumping, if she has a complaint to make then she should make it to the authorities not to the media and to say the UK is decades behind progression shows a distinct ignorance of the historical facts regarding the treatment and rights of minority groups in the UK.

steve-h · 16 Sep 2011 at 08:10

Forde said:
Silly cow. I just found this interesting little tidbit:

Strong agenda.

Cosimo · 16 Sep 2011 at 08:14

OldCoals said:
So she is so upset about this racial abuse she makes no complaint about it and just opts for the publicity option instead.

Silly cow is just trying to up her street cred and sell more records.

godinman · 16 Sep 2011 at 08:16

Forde said:
Silly cow. I just found this interesting little tidbit:

However, it should be noted that if the incident had occurred, the man would have been from a non-European Union country as [...] British people would not be in the same immigration queue as US citizens.

Click to expand...

Where does it say this? Good ole bbc...

Edrof · 16 Sep 2011 at 08:18

This story is all over the place with the usual mindless morons of Twitter agreeing with her. Apprently Boris Johnson has Tweeted:

@Kelis Heard about the treatment you received at a UK airport...I'm appalled & on the case.

Edrof · 16 Sep 2011 at 08:19

godinman said:
Where does it say this? Good ole bbc...

Might not be true, trying to find a proper source. This is apparently what she says:

I took a flight from gatwick (airport) back to spain so for those fact checkers that is approx 2 n a half to 3 hour flight (sic). I landed in spain and that's when fat pink faced british guy who was on the plane with me called me a slave and (told me) to call him sir. It was at passport control.

Other sources say it was after a flight into London. She admits to "Cutting into the queue" and also says that the guy behind the passport control check-in laughed along with the racist man: “The man behind the passport desk laughed, shook his head in agreement I guess, and said ‘kunta kinte’."