Kelis Angered By ‘Slave’ Insult

"The racial issues in the UK are disgusting."

Kelis has allegedly been the victim of a racist rant after attempting to fly home from Bestival.

Kelis is a loose cannon. The singer has endured a public spat or two, but fans respect that the singer’s heart is in the right place. Now the American performer has launched into a Twitter tirade after apparently enduring a racist rant at a British airport.

Booked to perform at Bestival, Kelis left the Isle of Wight and flew into London. Rushing to the head of a queue, the singer claims she angered a “at red faced sweaty man” who launched into a racist tirade.

Writing on her Twitter feed, Kelis claims that she did not react as she was carrying her two year old son – who she refers to as the “midget” in her posting.

The singer wrote on the social networking site:

“We just landed and I had the midget with me. 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 far fetched of me but this time I actually didn’t (not entirely anyway)… 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.”

Continuing, Kelis revealed that she was angered by the failure of bystanders to intervene. “Over 50 people said nothing. I mean literally nothing. Didn’t flinch. We all no 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..

Finishing, the American singer linked the incident to supposed wider race problems in the UK. “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.”

“Not mentioning a problem doesn’t make it go away. I bring it up now because as an american it is abundantly clear that my country has a Smorgas board (spelling?) Of disgusting racial problems. We are the poster child for racial inequality even still with a black president But its NO SECRET! And that I can fight against. I can try to prepare and teach my son. Because its out there. But you can’t fight for or Against something no one is willing to talk about or even admit exist.”

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