British woman slams Indian staff at Heathrow airport for not speaking English, demands deportation; outraged netizens call her ‘racist'
'Just landed in London Heathrow. Majority of staff are Indian/ Asian & are not speaking a word of English. I said to them, 'Speak English'. Their reply, 'You're being racist'. They know I'm right, so they have to use the race card. Deport them all. Why are they working at the first point of entry to the UK?! What must tourists think,' White wrote on X.
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Just landed in London Heathrow. Majority of staff are Indian/ Asian & are not speaking a word of English.
I said to them, 'Speak English'
Their reply, 'You're being racist'
They know I'm right, so they have to use the race card.
Deport them all. Why are they working at the…
— Lucy White (@LucyJayneWhite1) July 6, 2025
The post quickly gained traction, eliciting a range of reactions. While a section of social media users backed White over challenges ignited by language barrier, others slammed her, calling her 'racist.' A user wrote, 'Do you speak Hindi? How do you know what their reply meant if the airport staff weren't speaking a word of English? Did you definitely go to Cambridge?' Another user commented, 'You ARE being racist. However I'll take a bet on this being under the list of 'things that never happened'.'
'This is completely fabricated. Yes, a lot of staff at Heathrow are of Asian descent, that's partly because of where it is situated. They all speak English. All of them. Quit making stuff up. BTW, they're incredibly helpful and friendly too. Unlike you,' a third user reacted. 'On the basis you say deport them all – they were obviously a very good judge of character and 100% correct in their assessment,' a fourth user chimed in.
Recently, a video of an American man confronting an Indian-origin man in public emerged on social media. In the viral clip, the American man shamed the 'brown' man, asking him to 'go back to his country.'
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