Rapper Sarkodie has narrated his first racist encounter when he visited the European country Germany.
The Ghanaian artist said he had travelled to the country to visit his family.
Sarkodie disclosed he had a racist encounter with an immigration officer while attempting to enter Germany with an Italian visa.
Though entering Germany with an Italian visa is not illegal, the rapper was stopped by an immigration officer.
“There was a situation where I was going to visit my family in Germany and at the immigration, an officer pulled me aside for holding an Italian visa. I didn’t know it was a crime because it was a Schengen visa and I could go to anywhere in Europe”, he told Vlad TV.
“He pulled me aside and questioned me about why am I using an Italian visa to enter Germany, and I asked if that was wrong. He said ‘no’ but wants to understand why, and I said ‘just because I wanna come to Germany”, he continued.
The officer made a remark about Africans being poor before questioning how Sarkodie would take care of himself in Germany.
“And he said straight to my face that ‘I know Africans are poor, so how are you going to take care of yourself while you are here?’’
Sarkodie revealed he got furious after the officer made such a statement.
“And that, I flipped; that one, I can’t take it. That’s stupid. That’s even racist, it’s just you being stupid. I had to put him right. I lost my cool”, the rapper recounted.
Sarkodie said after the first experience, he realized he shouldn’t take such matters to heart.
