Artist will.i.am accuses Qantas flight attendant of racism

By Nana Prempeh

 

The Black Eyed Peas’ will.i.am accuses a Qantas flight attendant of being racist

 

Musician will.i.am says a Qantas flight attendant was "racist" towards him during a flight from Brisbane to Sydney.

 

The Black Eyed Peas band's frontman tweeted that he was singled out when he missed a plane announcement to put his laptop away.

 

Qantas issued a statement denying the allegation.

 

"There was a misunderstanding on board, which seems to have been exacerbated by will.i.am wearing noise cancelling headphones and not being able to hear instructions from crew," a spokesman said.

 

Full Story: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-50453628

 

the headphones issue is purely about on board safety, though some folks do instruct with an authoritative  attitude which can incite anger -  effective people communicate in non combative way.. 

Would it have been racism if it was Ed Sheeran who got pulled up for not switching his laptop off or just Ginger bigotry?

These puffed up celebs with their huge egos and false sense of entitlement think they are God's gift to the world, so they expect your average Joe to kowtow to them at every turn. This flight attendant was probably just doing her job as usual, and the normal person would think nothing of her slight chastisement, if that's what it really was. Most people with a humble attitude would have simply apologized and let her go about her business. Will.i.am would fit in well with the crybaby hiso males in Thailand with their fragile egos. He's obviously learned the concept of "loss of face" from some poor soul! 

At least now a days they don't just chuck you out the door. (insert winky smiley emoji cos I'm being sarcastic) 

 

The unforgivable part of this is that he tweeted the FA’s name to his so called followers. His reasoning was that “he had a duty “ to expose her as racist, possibly the most dangerous thing he could have done. If you have ever bothered to listen to rap music every second word is either F*** , or mother***** or N*****, these fans are not the people you wish to be exposed to especially on so called social media.

 I really hope she sues him.

Latest news from Australia is that Qantas have stated that they will support their Flight Attendant if she takes legal action, I think they are doing the right thing, go Girl , hit him where it hurts most.

1 hour ago, Salerno said:

Would it have been racism if it was Ed Sheeran who got pulled up for not switching his laptop off or just Ginger bigotry?

Good point. I never did much research on it if true or not, but someone stated that only Caucasians can be blamed for racism. 

I find the statement quite questionable, living in Thailand, I was pretty sure Thais are the most racist people I encountered. Not necessarily against Farangs, but the way they look down at the neighboring countries.

That's why I travel mostly alone there.

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1 hour ago, Salerno said:

Would it have been racism if it was Ed Sheeran who got pulled up for not switching his laptop off or just Ginger bigotry?

Good point. I never did much research on it if true or not, but someone stated that only Caucasians can be blamed for racism. 

I find the statement quite questionable, living in Thailand, I was pretty sure Thais are the most racist people I encountered. Not necessarily against Farangs, but the way they look down at the neighboring countries.

That's why I travel mostly alone to neighboring countries.

5 minutes ago, Slip said:

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"Hey man. You can't just run around saying n***** on here. Wind it in."

 

Source?

I wish I had noise cancelling headphone that good!

Refreshing that Quantas didn't cuck up and beg for mercy.

Sick of the "cancel culture"

 

A non-racist would of left him alone so that he could bring down the whole airplane with his laptop. I have to think Will.i.am is a selfish person.

once as a police office i stopped a car speeding with blacked out windows and the driver said to me '' you only stopped me because i'm black'' my response was '' i stopped you because you were the only one driving at 110mph''

some people see racism in everything 

"Will.i.am is currently on tour in Australia."

 

 

Nice bit of promo work for his tour. 

I get non verbal abuse all the time just for being old. Just this morning some young woman supermarket checkout girl gave me the look for being old.

Should I go on social media and make a fuss about it?

22 minutes ago, thaibeachlovers said:

I get non verbal abuse all the time just for being old. Just this morning some young woman supermarket checkout girl gave me the look for being old.

Should I go on social media and make a fuss about it?

OK, Boomer. 

Everyone who flies, regularly, should know, by now, that electronic devices are to be put away, on the flight, at some point. Having headphones is no excuse for being ignorant of safety regulations. Celebrity privilege, no doubt.

While I don't agree with putting the cabin crew's name and photo on Twitter, I have also been on the receiving end of some highly aggressive cabin crew - I find that British Airways and Quantas are the most aggressive.

 

I once had the police called on me by a Ryanair cabin crew member for something I certainly did not do. The issue occurred because the flight was so badly managed (the flight had been delayed by 8 hours). Thankfully, as soon as the older Irish airport policeman has assessed the situation, he escorted me away from the plane and told me I was free to go. THat was a relief because one can be banned from flying so easily.

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