Kelis slams UK for racism

[The_root_of_all_evil]

Still, hardly a reason to slander 10 million people across the newspapers, is it?

Don't ask me, I'm Australian. We can't even give KFC to West Indians on the telly without Americans having a good old sook.

Well, you convicts always did like to stir the septics.

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[Klodz]

I live in North Wales. The only "racism" here is angry welsh people vocally insulting the English.

Why is racism in inverted commas? It is racism.

Not really. There's little to no racial difference between us. Not after all this time.

Race isn't just phenotypical, it's social. As long as people associate with being Welsh (or people are associated with being Welsh) they continue to be a separate race (according to the very fuzzy definition of race commonly in use, anyway).

So you are saying you don't know the difference between a race and an ethnic group is? An ethnic group has socially based differences.

 

[GoodGodItsAnOxymoron]

It is ridiculous do stereotype a nation because of the blethering of a racist old man. Ive lived in England all my life and ive never once come across a racist incident. I know its completely out of order and that man is clearly a vulgar individual but coming from America, a place that has gained the stereotype for being very racist through decades worth of incidents, she would have come across an incident herself. Furthermore it it much more likely to come across a racial incident in somewhere like an airport than anywhere else so how she can claim that Britain is decades behind progression is beyond me.

 

[lostlevel]

It's pretty bad here in the South West, although it's getting better. Around 99% of the population is white, and people just don't know how to react...generally it's a good reaction, but there's a significant minority that are racist. A small percentage of them will be vocal about it.

I'm from the South West and I'm mixed race but you get varying levels from the abuse from a skin head down the pub to the pikey that compares you to the last black person he saw on telly but it?s all about context.
So yes the man was racist but on the other hand you can?t queue jump in the England that?s just wrong. So both people I could live without ...

 

[Hugga_Bear]

So...Kelis, who was charged for being racist towards undercover cops a few years back gets pissy because she jumped the queue and someone purportedly was racist to her and then those evil people in the queue refused to stand up for the talentless queue jumper?

Yeah. That's what's wrong with Britain today, individual racist fucks. No, the guys a turd if he said that (though...really? I mean, how ridiculous was his insult?) but how the fuck does that justify insulting an entire nation? Pot, meet kettle.

Oh and about the whole England vs Wales vs Scotland 'racism' thing, it's just like one huge inside joke basically. The whole thing is in jest, we give as good as we get with eachother, some people take it too far yeah but in general it's all just for a laugh.

 

[marfoir(IRL)]

Upon reading the title:'Who?'

Reading the article: 'Again, who is this and why should I care?'

In summary: Random person i don't know but may possibly be famous overreacts.

 

[aashell13]

most americans don't take american celebrities seriously. why should anyone else?

 

[EeveeElectro]

She's a vile, screechy, hypocritical, washed up cow who needed something to get back into the limelight.
There are two sides to every story... To me, it sounds like she was making a lot of up or exaggerating to make it sound much worse than it actually is.
People wouldn't want to say anything because you don't know what others are capable of. If you try jump in and defend her, he might have given you two black eyes. It's not just Britain that do it, I don't know many people who would defend a stranger like that.

Shame on the guy for being such an ignorant pig but like everyone has said, a few people =/= a whole country.

 

[RhombusHatesYou]

Still, hardly a reason to slander 10 million people across the newspapers, is it?

Don't ask me, I'm Australian. We can't even give KFC to West Indians on the telly without Americans having a good old sook.

Well, you convicts always did like to stir the septics.

Well... yes. But as far as I know it wasn't intentional that time. Although with KFC being a US based multinational you'd have thought they might have gone 'uh... what?'... Or maybe they did it to be racist and get away with it because Australians don't understand half of the US's racial stereotypes (we have our own biases to pander to, after all).

Best laugh I ever had was some seppo raging against how racist Australia was because of a picture he saw of a bunch of mediterranean looking blokes standing around a 'Wog Pride' sign and having no idea of the word in Aussie context nor any interest in learning the context. Of course, this was the same seppo who went nonlinear when I said I liked 'a bit of Coon on my sandwich'.

 

[Ickorus]

Im gonna go ahead and reconstruct the situation as to the way it most likely occurred:

She queue jumped, someone got angry and called her a nasty name or two, she responded angrily then the official told her to get to the back of the line and something went off in her head that told her it was all racism.

I think she posted that comment on twitter and later on when people approached her for a full story she made up a bunch of the details to make her reaction not look silly. Another thing to note is she didn't give the name of the airport since if she did her story would be found out to be a load of bollocks.

I would like to point out that if it turns out this event did occur (despite souding like a load of bollocks) that the guy is a single racist prick among 10 million people and hardly representative of our entire culture.

Four things really:
1. You queue jumped so what did you expect,
2. You were on the Isle of White so what did you expect,
3. What possible input could she have thats usefull about the riots in London and across the country.
4. She was in a queue for immigration, so the bloke who insulted her COULDN'T have been from ANYWHERE in the European Union as they wouldn't have been in that queue, so before that stupid woman starts to complain about Britain again, she should make sure it's actually an actual British man insulting her.

Im from the Isle of Wight, sure it's a mainly white population but we aren't racists, most people here really don't give a crap what other people look like or do so long as it doesn't affect them.

Also note: There isn't even an airport on the Isle of Wight anymore so it's actually very slightly impossible for the incident to have occured here.

 

[DannyJBeckett]

Well Ms. Kelis, I apologise on behalf of my nation for the actions of one man whom we would shun in our normal society, and would like to say that I hope this opinion of Britain you've developed doesn't last. However, labelling the entire country 'decades behind the world in equality' is highly inflammatory, and personally, if that is to be your attitude then I highly doubt you will be missed by our populace of people from a multitude of ethnic and religious backgrounds.

 

[Charli]

I live in North Wales. The only "racism" here is angry welsh people vocally insulting the English.

Why is racism in inverted commas? It is racism.

That's Nationalism and has been apart of the UK culture forever. We joke and jibe about each other viciously and unrelenting even to where it sounds utterly uncalled for/cruel, doesn't mean we all won't go get drunk round the pub later and cheer on the football.

And yes. People are racist, everyone has those tendencies. Stop the presses, seriously. Since she's addressing a nation I will as well, America sit down, and have a drink and start accepting facts of life instead of protesting EVERYTHING.

When VIOLENCE comes into play, then action needs to be taken.

 

[The_root_of_all_evil]

Best laugh I ever had was some seppo raging against how racist Australia was because of a picture he saw of a bunch of mediterranean looking blokes standing around a 'Wog Pride' sign and having no idea of the word in Aussie context nor any interest in learning the context. Of course, this was the same seppo who went nonlinear when I said I liked 'a bit of Coon on my sandwich'.

Christ, telling them not to use the word 'coon in the UK is a mare. And then they'll go on about spazzing out but shout at you for brainstorming while eating Cheese Poofs.

 

[RhombusHatesYou]

Best laugh I ever had was some seppo raging against how racist Australia was because of a picture he saw of a bunch of mediterranean looking blokes standing around a 'Wog Pride' sign and having no idea of the word in Aussie context nor any interest in learning the context. Of course, this was the same seppo who went nonlinear when I said I liked 'a bit of Coon on my sandwich'.

Christ, telling them not to use the word 'coon in the UK is a mare. And then they'll go on about spazzing out but shout at you for brainstorming while eating Cheese Poofs.

Some English guys I know got banned from a chatroom for talking about licking gravy off of faggots. (that was back in 96? 97? around then)

 

[-Samurai-]

I'm absolutely loving this.

Every time an American is in the news for anything, everyone goes;
"Well herp derp. That's America for ya! Fat, stupid, gun loving, sister fucking rednecks!"

But when an American says something like "UK is racist" it's;
"Well how dare you?! You can't judge an entire nation based on one asshole!"

Fucking love it.

 

[orangeban]

Yeah, the things it though, the Scots picking on Scots thing is actually very serious.

In Scotland you have "The Catholics" and "The Protestants" and they hate each others guts. To the point where in Glasgow they made seperate schools for each group and let them out of school at different time (to stop the kids beating each other up.)

Look up domestic violence in Scotland. It often shoots up when Rangers play Celtic. This is because Rangers is a Protestant team, while Celtic is a catholic team, and the two groups split along those lines. When Rangers lose it isn't just your team, it's your whole religion losing. So you get drunk, and then beat your wife/kids.

So yeah, the Scots vs Scots thing isn't quite love/hate, it's more just hate.

Edit: Just a note, this is really a West of Scotland thing, primarily Glasgow. In Edinburgh it's alright.

Uhh...no you don't. I live in Glasgow, and a heavy Celtic-supporting area, and when they lose, the kids don't get a kicking.

Its only a small minority-the same sort of dickheads who support white power and think Nick Griffin is a modern-day Moses of the working class- who go out, get loaded up on cheap vodka and Buckfast and cause trouble. Not all Celtic/Rangers fans are bigoted arseholes, like the IRA and the Orangemen are.

Whoops, crap, forgot to say this was mainly around a bit ago and from minorities. *facepalm*

 

[Treblaine]

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/kelis-slams-uk-race-attack-024307736.html

A Brit making reference to an American TV show like roots that was never broadcast in the UK as a racial insult?!?? That I find unlikely. I'll give her the benefit of the doubt that she heard him use a racial slur, but not one like that. This seems a lot more like something she might have misheard than something he actually said.

Are there ANY witnesses to this? At all? Has she made an official complaint?

It's conceivable that one random guy may have made a direct racist comment, but does she expect the police just to swoop in on some sort of clairvoyance? She doesn't say if she ever informed the authorities but if she had surely she would have mentioned that they would have refused to do anything or never showed up.

The British way is NOT to be confrontational, if someone is a cruel-bastard we avoid confrontation. That's not because we agree with the cruelty, we just know that we will likely get in just as much trouble for getting involved. There seems to be the assumption that it should always be "left to the experts" and "don't be a hero, someone will only get hurt".

Remember this is the country where "officially" if your home is being broken into you are not supposed to confront the intruders! It's not that we like our homes being broken into, we just don't want to have the police arrest us as well as the crims when (or if) they ever arrive. Most people are afraid to call the police for how often the public are chastised for "wasting police time" with trivial complaints and how easy it is to end up in cuffs even when you are trying to do the right thing.

 

[Plinglebob]

All I want to know is, did she cut in line?

If she did, does that justify calling her a slave and a disgusting nigerian? Perspective people.

In Britain, queue-jumping is number 2 after kiddy-fiddling in the "Worse crimes possible" list. I'm surprised she survived the encounter.

 

[The_root_of_all_evil]

Some English guys I know got banned from a chatroom for talking about licking gravy off of faggots. (that was back in 96? 97? around then)

I'm actually laughing my head off now

 

[devotedsniper]

Sooooo us british are all racists now? To be honest the only racism you really see in my area is towards the welsh, but it's more banter since the welsh do the exact same to the british, kind puts me in an odd position considering i'm halfg welsh and half english..

and seriously captcha, how am i meant to type the second word:

*EDIT* anyone else notice "She said her own country was "the poster child for racial inequality", but that it was not a secret." that just made me laugh.