Lily Allen called racist for totally not racist 'black cab drivers' tweet

British pop star Lily Allen found herself being labelled a racist this morning over a tweet that was totally not racist.

“I hate it when black cab drivers spend the entire journey on the phone. I WANTED A CHAT,” she tweeted.

The backlash quickly flooded Lily’s @mentions.

https://twitter.com/DxQx/status/230680984239083521

https://twitter.com/aboycalledyoung/status/230680392003362817

https://twitter.com/BAMItzGodders/status/230679702216536064

@lilyrosecooper that's a bit racist…white cab drivers are the same!

— kelly parkinson (@kelly_parkinson) August 1, 2012

I smell a racist RT @lilyrosecooper: I hate it when black cab drivers spend the entire journey on the phone. I WANTED A CHAT !

— Ugochinch (@Gochicc) August 1, 2012

https://twitter.com/sezmacleod/status/230605432530554880

But Lily wasn’t referring to the driver’s race; she was talking about the color of the cab he drives. (Black Cab is to London as Yellow Cab is to New York City.)

https://twitter.com/lilyrosecooper/status/230679217493377026

Oh those cultural differences.