Hate speech against Nigerians costs British air hostess her job

In demonstration of zero tolerance against racist behavior, the British Airways has sacked one of its employee, a hostess after slamming Nigerian passengers, a video of which went viral.

Joanne Wickenden, who was wearing her uniform in the minute-long video, was complaining about excessive demands by Nigerian passengers while making references to male genitals.

According to agency report, the unfriendly comments by the air hostess went thus “All the Nigerians are gonna be there like ‘gimme Coca Cola, gimme beef, why you have no beef left? I want beef. And I’m just gonna be there like, ‘Sorry sir, we ran out of beef’.

“All the Nigerians are gonna be there asking for f****** upgrades because they haven’t got enough leg room because their BBCs [term for black male genitals] are in their way,” she said in the video which doesn’t indicate when and where it was shot.

The video was shared by many Nigerians who demanded an action be taken against her. The British Airways confirmed that she had been sacked.

“We expect the utmost professionalism from our staff when they are representing British Airways,” the airline said in a statement.

Daily Times recalled that October 11 2012, Lebanon’s national carrier, Middle East Airlines, sacked an air hostess for making a racial comment against foreign workers at the country’s Rafic Hariri International Airport, Now Lebanon online reported on Wednesday.

Abd Shahin, a witness, wrote details of the incident on his Facebook page. He said the air hostess, who was speaking through a loudspeaker, requested all Filipino and Nepalese workers at Gate 11 to be quiet because “they have no right to speak.”

Also bisexual Virgin air hostess, 25, earlier in August claimed her bosses forced her to quit after she posted Facebook messages to her lesbian lover saying ‘flawless, gorgeous’ pop star Rita Ora is like ‘a beautiful oil painting’