Neil
16-Sep-2011, 08:37 AM
So Kelis is kicking off declaring, 'racial issues in the UK are disgusting.'
She judges this from a run in with one person...
The star was flying from London to Spain after performing at Bestival on the Isle of Wight.
She wrote on Twitter that she had been criticised by a "50-year-old man" after she jumped the queue while going through passport control.
She said the man had called her a "slave" and a "disgusting Nigerian".
Kelis said she was also called "Kunta Kinte" - a black character from Alex Haley's slavery novel Roots.
The 32-year-old singer continued: "I didn't say anything at the time of the riots in London for a lot of reasons.
"It's [the UK] racially decades behind progression because everything is swept under the rug. People don't talk about it.
"People don't fight about it. Not mentioning a problem doesn't make it go away."
Officials from the Home Office say they won't be investigating the claims as they believe the abuser was a member of the public and they haven't received a complaint from her.
Of course, no mention of the cause of the whole matter, her queue jumping. IMHO this of course is comparible to her in effect spitting in everyone else face in the queue... I hate queue jumpers! Very rude and ignorant! Actions speaker louder than words in my book!
She judges this from a run in with one person...
The star was flying from London to Spain after performing at Bestival on the Isle of Wight.
She wrote on Twitter that she had been criticised by a "50-year-old man" after she jumped the queue while going through passport control.
She said the man had called her a "slave" and a "disgusting Nigerian".
Kelis said she was also called "Kunta Kinte" - a black character from Alex Haley's slavery novel Roots.
The 32-year-old singer continued: "I didn't say anything at the time of the riots in London for a lot of reasons.
"It's [the UK] racially decades behind progression because everything is swept under the rug. People don't talk about it.
"People don't fight about it. Not mentioning a problem doesn't make it go away."
Officials from the Home Office say they won't be investigating the claims as they believe the abuser was a member of the public and they haven't received a complaint from her.
Of course, no mention of the cause of the whole matter, her queue jumping. IMHO this of course is comparible to her in effect spitting in everyone else face in the queue... I hate queue jumpers! Very rude and ignorant! Actions speaker louder than words in my book!