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$240 000 Awarded For Discrimination Based On T-Shirt...
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» basdini replied on Tue Jan 6, 2009 @ 1:51pm |
 Coolness: 146125 | NEW YORK (AFP) – An airline passenger forced to cover his T-shirt because it displayed Arabic script has been awarded 240,000 dollars in compensation, campaigners said Monday.
Raed Jarrar received the pay out on Friday from two US Transportation Security Authority officials and from JetBlue Airways following the August 2006 incident at New York's JFK Airport, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) announced. "The outcome of this case is a victory for free speech and a blow to the discriminatory practice of racial profiling," said Aden Fine, a lawyer with ACLU. Jarrar, a US resident, was apprehended as he waited to board a JetBlue flight from New York to Oakland, California, and told to remove his shirt, which had written on it in Arabic: "We will not be silent." He was told other passengers felt uncomfortable because an Arabic-inscribed T-shirt in an airport was like "wearing a T-shirt at a bank stating, I am a robber,'" the ACLU said. Jarrar eventually agreed to cover his shirt with another provided by JetBlue. He was allowed aboard but his seat was changed from the front to the back of the aircraft. Last week, nine Muslims, including three children, were ordered off a domestic US flight after passengers heard what they believed were suspicious remarks about security. Although the passengers, eight of them US citizens, were cleared by the FBI, they were reportedly still barred from the AirTran flight. Security has been at a high level in US airports since the September 11, 2001 hijacked airliner attacks against the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon in Washington. However, rights groups and representatives of the Muslim community say the security measures have led to frequent discrimination and harassment. [ news.yahoo.com ] man next time i fly i am totally gonna try this out. |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Mico replied on Tue Jan 6, 2009 @ 3:56pm |
 Coolness: 151385 | Same here!
Originally Posted By BASDINI
Jarrar, a US resident, was apprehended as he waited to board a JetBlue flight from New York to Oakland, California, and told to remove his shirt, which had written on it in Arabic: "We will not be silent." THE IRONY! LOL Originally Posted By BASDINI
Last week, nine Muslims, including three children, were ordered off a domestic US flight after passengers heard what they believed were suspicious remarks about security. Is this a case of reacial profiling, or extreme paranoia? I can understand people being cautious, but come on, have a little common sense. |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» ApR1zM replied on Tue Jan 6, 2009 @ 6:33pm |
 Coolness: 165725 | Arabic-inscribed T-shirt in an airport was like "wearing a T-shirt at a bank stating, I am a robber,'" the ACLU said. <--- okee this kind of ignorance is unacceptable ! |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» basdini replied on Tue Jan 6, 2009 @ 11:47pm |
| Coolness: 146125 | Originally Posted By APR1ZM
Arabic-inscribed T-shirt in an airport was like "wearing a T-shirt at a bank stating, I am a robber,'" the ACLU said. <--- okee this kind of ignorance is unacceptable ! what about a flight to, say, egypt would that be ok ? fucking morons... |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» ApR1zM replied on Wed Jan 7, 2009 @ 2:38pm |
| Coolness: 165725 | the thing that makes me angry the most is the fact they in their heads its not racism ! its pure ignorance ! but then again racism IS IGNORANCE |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Screwhead replied on Wed Jan 7, 2009 @ 4:28pm |
 Coolness: 686515 | Originally Posted By APR1ZM
but then again racism IS IGNORANCE Don't they also say 'Ignorance is Bliss'?  |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» ApR1zM replied on Thu Jan 8, 2009 @ 5:09am |
| Coolness: 165725 | HEAHEHAEHAHEAHEAHEAHAE oh shit okee this one is fucking good |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Deadfunk replied on Thu Jan 8, 2009 @ 8:43am |
 Coolness: 153930 | Originally Posted By SCREWHEAD
Don't they also say 'Ignorance is Bliss'?
omg. I LOVE YOU <3 |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Anarkoid replied on Tue Jan 27, 2009 @ 12:55am |
 Coolness: 193600 | Damn, why can`t it happen to me, I need 240 000$ too...but seriously I would be curious to know where the guy came from since the article says "US resident" which seems to indicate he is not a US Citizen and also I am wondering if it is really about the T-Shirt or it is about racial profiling or something else.
Moreover, I find weird that in the same article they speak about racial profiling and talk about discrimination toward muslim even if muslim has never been a race or ethnicity (you are not born muslim, or jew or Christian, you are indoctrinated as one ). But on the other hand even if it is not racism, it does not make this kind or any kind of discrimination any better and I think that this verdict is really is a good thing maybe it will make people think twice when discriminating. |
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