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BocaHoo91

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The race of "middle eastern"?


Look, I sort of get your point, but this isn't a case (I don't think) of someone thinking they are racially superior to someone else (i.e. racism). She apparently heard a guy speaking in arabic (loudly by his own admission) saying "Allah something or other", on a plane. And you might recall this other time where guys speaking arabic shouted "Allah Akbar" and proceeded to slice throats with box cutters and fly planes into the WTC killing over 3,000 people.

So you can drop the self righteous indignation. It sounds like the airline reacted poorly particularly after investigating the facts of the case. But you're pretty quick to label the actions of this woman as "naked racism" where the situation is not that clear.
[Post edited by BocaHoo91 at 04/19/2016 5:25PM]

(In response to this post by Beerman)

Posted: 04/19/2016 at 5:24PM



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