Comments on: “Your Name is Common”: Racial Profiling in the US http://dissidentvoice.org/2009/08/%e2%80%9cyour-name-is-common%e2%80%9d-racial-profiling-in-the-us/ a radical newsletter in the struggle for peace and social justice Thu, 08 Dec 2011 15:07:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Ethnic Person http://dissidentvoice.org/2009/08/%e2%80%9cyour-name-is-common%e2%80%9d-racial-profiling-in-the-us/#comment-58335 Ethnic Person Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:09:47 +0000 http://dissidentvoice.org/?p=10003#comment-58335 I worked hard for 2 weeks , going thru several interviews, and in my final interview , when I was flying in to meet CEO, COO and Project Managers. I was not allowed to fly to my interview , I missed my interview and lost 80,000 USD or so worth of income. 15 days later when I got another job , I was again denied entry in time and my flight flew out with out me , I went ack in line , for 1 hour flight was at airport from 4 am in morning to 3 pm in airports. When passing the screen check I was scrutnized. I was asked to take off my belt my shows , stand on side, and lift sole of my feet , and go thru embrasment of lady searcher out her hand and lift my front pant part up , I was dress in a full professional suit When I got pissed off their jack ass - ethnic clown pupet came in to cool things down ... telling me how I should not retaliate and accept it because we are muslims - or something ... Why should I not retaliate ?? Due to teh stupid delays my 1 hour flight turns up to be 7 hour journeys , I can't get potential jobs - because ppl are not giving me preference since I can't make it to morning meetings When I came home , I opened my luggage I had a note from TSA , saying they searched my bag , I had a damaged on my bad of course they stated they will not pay for any damages ???? I big cuting gash on my bag .. I was like man come on .. I did not even had a lock on my bag why did you had to damage my bag ? Is that fair ??? When I was in flight due to stress and truma I felt small pain in my chest - I am a young guy but it break my heart to go thru these screen every time I fly - I came home now , and I am just trumatized with whole ordeal and anger If I am wearing a 400-500USD suit and professionally dressed - and yet I get treated like shit - it just turns my opinion form a moderate to a more right sided view - perhaps my open mindedness has no value - I worked hard for 2 weeks , going thru several interviews, and in my final interview , when I was flying in to meet CEO, COO and Project Managers.

I was not allowed to fly to my interview , I missed my interview and lost 80,000 USD or so worth of income.

15 days later when I got another job , I was again denied entry in time and my flight flew out with out me , I went ack in line , for 1 hour flight was at airport from 4 am in morning to 3 pm in airports.

When passing the screen check I was scrutnized.

I was asked to take off my belt my shows , stand on side, and lift sole of my feet , and go thru embrasment of lady searcher out her hand and lift my front pant part up , I was dress in a full professional suit

When I got pissed off their jack ass – ethnic clown pupet came in to cool things down … telling me how I should not retaliate and accept it because we are muslims – or something …

Why should I not retaliate ?? Due to teh stupid delays my 1 hour flight turns up to be 7 hour journeys , I can’t get potential jobs – because ppl are not giving me preference since I can’t make it to morning meetings

When I came home , I opened my luggage I had a note from TSA , saying they searched my bag , I had a damaged on my bad of course they stated they will not pay for any damages ???? I big cuting gash on my bag .. I was like man come on .. I did not even had a lock on my bag why did you had to damage my bag ?

Is that fair ??? When I was in flight due to stress and truma I felt small pain in my chest – I am a young guy but it break my heart to go thru these screen every time I fly –

I came home now , and I am just trumatized with whole ordeal and anger

If I am wearing a 400-500USD suit and professionally dressed – and yet I get treated like shit – it just turns my opinion form a moderate to a more right sided view – perhaps my open mindedness has no value -

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It’s true. The real mass murderers seem to pass undetected all the way to Congress and the presidency.

]]> By: B99 http://dissidentvoice.org/2009/08/%e2%80%9cyour-name-is-common%e2%80%9d-racial-profiling-in-the-us/#comment-52709 B99 Sun, 23 Aug 2009 15:59:58 +0000 http://dissidentvoice.org/?p=10003#comment-52709 David - But imagine if the person who blew up the kindergarten in Iowa (or Oklahoma City) was an Anglo who passed undetected because Anglos don't blow up buildings, do they? David – But imagine if the person who blew up the kindergarten in Iowa (or Oklahoma City) was an Anglo who passed undetected because Anglos don’t blow up buildings, do they?

]]> By: David http://dissidentvoice.org/2009/08/%e2%80%9cyour-name-is-common%e2%80%9d-racial-profiling-in-the-us/#comment-52703 David Sun, 23 Aug 2009 15:01:50 +0000 http://dissidentvoice.org/?p=10003#comment-52703 Life isn't perfect and the people doing the airport screenings of passengers are not the sharpest pencils in the box. Imagine what would happen if a person of Middle Eastern origin got into the country undetected but showed up on airport video tapes after wiping out a kindergarten class in Iowa. The next president of this great land of ours might be named Palin or Limbaugh or one of the other fascist morons. Life isn’t perfect and the people doing the airport screenings of passengers are not the sharpest pencils in the box.

Imagine what would happen if a person of Middle Eastern origin got into the country undetected but showed up on airport video tapes after wiping out a kindergarten class in Iowa.

The next president of this great land of ours might be named Palin or Limbaugh or one of the other fascist morons.

]]> By: B99 http://dissidentvoice.org/2009/08/%e2%80%9cyour-name-is-common%e2%80%9d-racial-profiling-in-the-us/#comment-52701 B99 Sun, 23 Aug 2009 14:34:27 +0000 http://dissidentvoice.org/?p=10003#comment-52701 Well, Kahn is a different name than Khan. Khan came to Islam from the Mongol invasions of the Middle and Far East. We have all heard of Genghis and Kublai Khan. Khan is now a common name in Pakistan. Kahn, on the other hand is Jewish - and often spelled Cahn. Then, of course, there's the Irish name Conn - exemplified by the old boxer, Billy Conn. Couldn't quite get to the finish with Joe Louis - but his name and color would help get him through airport security. Well, Kahn is a different name than Khan. Khan came to Islam from the Mongol invasions of the Middle and Far East. We have all heard of Genghis and Kublai Khan. Khan is now a common name in Pakistan. Kahn, on the other hand is Jewish – and often spelled Cahn. Then, of course, there’s the Irish name Conn – exemplified by the old boxer, Billy Conn. Couldn’t quite get to the finish with Joe Louis – but his name and color would help get him through airport security.

]]> By: Michael Kenny http://dissidentvoice.org/2009/08/%e2%80%9cyour-name-is-common%e2%80%9d-racial-profiling-in-the-us/#comment-52695 Michael Kenny Sun, 23 Aug 2009 13:29:52 +0000 http://dissidentvoice.org/?p=10003#comment-52695 Two amusing asides: Kahn, as distinct from Khan, is not a Muslim name, i.e Herman Kahn, the philosopher, born in Bayonne, NJ and Jewish! There used to be all kinds of jokes about Herman Kahn and Emmanuel Kant! Also, re the Japanese in WWII. The general sent to fight the Germans was named ... Eisenhower (Italian-Americans didn't get to be generals in those days!). Two amusing asides: Kahn, as distinct from Khan, is not a Muslim name, i.e Herman Kahn, the philosopher, born in Bayonne, NJ and Jewish! There used to be all kinds of jokes about Herman Kahn and Emmanuel Kant!
Also, re the Japanese in WWII. The general sent to fight the Germans was named … Eisenhower (Italian-Americans didn’t get to be generals in those days!).

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