Brit Abused Kelis at Airport

RDM · 16 Sep 2011 at 20:52

Reasonably well read racist if he knew who Kunte Kinte was.

Castiel · 16 Sep 2011 at 21:38

RDM said:
Reasonably well read racist if he knew who Kunte Kinte was.

Not really. If he was older than 45-50 he would have probably remembered it from TV. Roots was huge when I was a kid. I recognised the name and I wasn't even 10 at the time.

The TV series was a bit of a phenomenon.

semi-pro waster · 16 Sep 2011 at 21:42

RDM said:
Reasonably well read racist if he knew who Kunte Kinte was.

Maybe he was just a Bloodhound Gang fan?

It's been a healthy amount of fuss caused and to think so much of it could have been avoided if she'd actually been clear about what had happened.

Larkspeed · 16 Sep 2011 at 21:50

Mason- said:
She sounds like a right snob.

How do we brush racism under the carpet?

What evidence do you have of that?

Stupid woman.

I think she gets that impression because in my experience Americans tend to complain about every little thing that is wrong but in the UK people tend not to complain as much unless it is a more major thing..

Stiff upper lip and all that

It's very probably a very uneducated comment in that she knows nothing about racism in the UK but since brits have the global reputation for not being moaners she assumes that we just ignore racism the same way we would say a steak that is not cooked quite how we ordered it.

PapaLazaru · 16 Sep 2011 at 21:57

smr said:
Who's Kelis?

Her milkshake is better than yours.

Gackt · 16 Sep 2011 at 22:27

Shocking. How could anyone racially abuse such an outstanding role model?

No1newts · 16 Sep 2011 at 23:04

XRAY said:
Sounds like the pot calling the kettle black.

Must... not... comment... further...

franco_22 · 16 Sep 2011 at 23:43

Unfortunately she has a point thou. The UK and English people in general are incredibly racist.

wakayoda · 17 Sep 2011 at 01:45

That is what happens when you jump a queue

Edrof · 17 Sep 2011 at 07:31

franco_22 said:
Unfortunately she has a point thou. The UK and English people in general are incredibly racist.

No she doesn't, and no they aren't. But thanks for your input, you can go now.

MrMoonX · 17 Sep 2011 at 08:15

yeah cos the US doesn't have racism problems, I'm pretty sure there are still places black people wouldn't dare go in the south

badcompany · 17 Sep 2011 at 09:24

Kellis who?

Another dumb yank with a chip on her shoulder no doubt. Dont come back to the uk would be my advise to her and those like her. Your self importance is pathetic & a driving force behind the declining morals of this country.

badcompany · 17 Sep 2011 at 09:30

franco_22 said:
Unfortunately she has a point thou. The UK and English people in general are incredibly racist.

You aren't aloud to to have frank and open discussion on any remotley racial issuse in this country without fear of being called racist. This in itself festers and causes more problems I would love for an open disuccussion on race issues in government as ther are big big problems being swept under the rug and its going to explode in the future all because the liberal left have managed some how to foist this fog of liberalism and political correctness on us paralysing free and open speech.

badcompany · 17 Sep 2011 at 09:33

Remember most of you under a certain age have only ever know a world of political correctness and was educated in this age of labour spin and lies.

spudbynight · 17 Sep 2011 at 10:18

Castiel said:
Not really. If he was older than 45-50 he would have probably remembered it from TV. Roots was huge when I was a kid. I recognised the name and I wasn't even 10 at the time.

The TV series was a bit of a phenomenon.

Not even that old - I remember roots. Also, Star Trek fans will know LeVar Burton played Kunta Kinte.

franco_22 · 17 Sep 2011 at 11:13

Forde said:
No she doesn't, and no they aren't. But thanks for your input, you can go now.

A huge scar on my cheek proves you wrong, as well as many of my friends who are either asian, african or even europeans from a different country.

You can say what you like but I know people who have travelled to many many different countries and they all say they have never been racially abused as much as when they've entered the UK. Heck even my ex who was Canadian said she experienced racism in this country almost on a daily basis and she was white and blonde and canadian for god sake.

Efour · 17 Sep 2011 at 11:22

All i saw was La Forge getting whipped by Commander Adama's Scottish pimp

Abraxaz1 · 17 Sep 2011 at 14:00

franco_22 said:
A huge scar on my cheek proves you wrong, as well as many of my friends who are either asian, african or even europeans from a different country.

You can say what you like but I know people who have travelled to many many different countries and they all say they have never been racially abused as much as when they've entered the UK. Heck even my ex who was Canadian said she experienced racism in this country almost on a daily basis and she was white and blonde and canadian for god sake.

what book did you steal that from??
Please your making it out to be like an african genocide with scaring peoples faces, maybe you were just being a knob to the wrong people and got just deserts....

I work with people of indian / pakinstani / african eastern european descent and never hear any form of racism, maybve this so called racism is people taking offence of nothing to make themselves get all the attention...

if seen the race card played by so many teenagers its not even funny anymore, they seem to think saying any issue is because the colour of their skin will solve it.

StonedPenguin · 17 Sep 2011 at 14:01

Mason- said:
Stupid woman.

^^

Abraxaz1 said:
ive seen the race card played by so many teenagers its not even funny anymore, they seem to think saying any issue is because the colour of their skin will solve it.

This, The race card is played for just about everything these days, It's pathetic.

Castiel · 17 Sep 2011 at 14:06

franco_22 said:
A huge scar on my cheek proves you wrong, as well as many of my friends who are either asian, african or even europeans from a different country.

You can say what you like but I know people who have travelled to many many different countries and they all say they have never been racially abused as much as when they've entered the UK. Heck even my ex who was Canadian said she experienced racism in this country almost on a daily basis and she was white and blonde and canadian for god sake.

My experience is the polar opposite. I have been the victim of racism and discrimination in the United States, both personal and institutional. The UK however has never been racist to me institutionally and rarely personally.

The UK is an extraordinarily tolerant society on the whole, far more so than many of their European counterparts and most certainly more so than the United States.