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Since the 9/11, any person of the Muslim, Arab, and South Asian race is discriminated and profiled any time they come in contact with airport security, law enforcement, and local police.
A man by the name Azeem Khan was going to Puerto Rico to celebrate his friend's bachelor party. On his way to the airport, he jokingly said to another friend of his that he will be picked for random search because "that's what happens to you when you're Muslim." Later on, as he was going through security, he felt confident that he wasn't going to be searched based on how friendly the airport security was being toward him. Next thing you know, as he goes through the metal detector, it starts to beep. Khan asks the TSA official if it was beeping for his glasses, and the official replied that it was for a random search.
Khan obviously had nothing significant in his bag and was let go later on, but he states that this "random search" bothered him the most.
"I have a huge issue with what happened that day. And what happens to me every single time I go to an airport. This was supposedly a random search. But it wasn't a random search at all. It was a "you're a Muslim" search. I'm tired of being told that it's a random search every single time. I have fewer rights when I walk into an airport because I'm brown. I always have to feel on edge because I know I'm being looked at suspiciously, and not being I've done anything wrong, but because I'm one of the two million Muslims living in this country in a post 9/11 era."
"I'm an American citizen. I pay my taxes and deal with the flavorless fruit just like the rest of Americans. Why am I treated differently when I get to an airport, or feel like I have fewer rights there? Racial profiling is never okay. It's not when cops do it, and we need to start being more aware of the fact that it's also not okay when a TSA officer does it either. C'mon Americans. Open your eyes."
Khan's experience was brought to my attention because of how he is basically getting used to this process every time he is at an airport. No one should have to go through this every time they want to travel. It must be a pain to know that the suspect stamp is on your forehead because of the way you look.
Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/azeem-khan/racial-profiling-muslim_b_3303582.html
A man by the name Azeem Khan was going to Puerto Rico to celebrate his friend's bachelor party. On his way to the airport, he jokingly said to another friend of his that he will be picked for random search because "that's what happens to you when you're Muslim." Later on, as he was going through security, he felt confident that he wasn't going to be searched based on how friendly the airport security was being toward him. Next thing you know, as he goes through the metal detector, it starts to beep. Khan asks the TSA official if it was beeping for his glasses, and the official replied that it was for a random search.
Khan obviously had nothing significant in his bag and was let go later on, but he states that this "random search" bothered him the most.
"I have a huge issue with what happened that day. And what happens to me every single time I go to an airport. This was supposedly a random search. But it wasn't a random search at all. It was a "you're a Muslim" search. I'm tired of being told that it's a random search every single time. I have fewer rights when I walk into an airport because I'm brown. I always have to feel on edge because I know I'm being looked at suspiciously, and not being I've done anything wrong, but because I'm one of the two million Muslims living in this country in a post 9/11 era."
"I'm an American citizen. I pay my taxes and deal with the flavorless fruit just like the rest of Americans. Why am I treated differently when I get to an airport, or feel like I have fewer rights there? Racial profiling is never okay. It's not when cops do it, and we need to start being more aware of the fact that it's also not okay when a TSA officer does it either. C'mon Americans. Open your eyes."
Khan's experience was brought to my attention because of how he is basically getting used to this process every time he is at an airport. No one should have to go through this every time they want to travel. It must be a pain to know that the suspect stamp is on your forehead because of the way you look.
Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/azeem-khan/racial-profiling-muslim_b_3303582.html