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demmiblue

(39,835 posts) Sun Mar 17, 2019, 07:28 PM Mar 2019

Four innocent Sikhs were kicked off a plane today because this woman was scared of how they looked. [View all]

Simran Jeet Singh
‏Verified account @SikhProf

Four innocent Sikhs were kicked off a plane today because this woman was scared of how they looked.

Please watch and share this video to understand how hate hurts us all.

(see thread below for more info on the Sikh religion and identity)

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Sikhs make up the world's fifth largest religion with nearly 30 million followers worldwide. Yet, few people seem to know about Sikhi.

So let me offer a few basic insights as a practitioner and scholar.

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Four innocent Sikhs were kicked off a plane today because this woman was scared of how they looked. [View all] demmiblue Mar 2019 OP

She seems....rational. irisblue Mar 2019 #1

Are you kidding? Paka Mar 2019 #10

She sure has hurt her career. irisblue Mar 2019 #16

I can be slow at times, Paka Mar 2019 #33

Why do they always pander to the crazy assholes? Aristus Mar 2019 #2

I was thinking the same. California_Republic Mar 2019 #6

Exactly MustLoveBeagles Mar 2019 #29

True ignorance on the woman's part, the plane's crew and anyone that was sitting near enough to hear Blue_true Mar 2019 #3

Wait for it. She will be denied some service for her color before it's over. allgood33 Mar 2019 #24

She likely has been denied something because of her color. That is the sad part. nt Blue_true Mar 2019 #37

It would be nice for businesses to escort the scared person off the plane for once. WhiskeyGrinder Mar 2019 #4

Exactly. "Oh, you aren't comfortable flying with them? Well, we can accommodate that. Bye!" RockRaven Mar 2019 #7

or, "we will book you on the next flight" DBoon Mar 2019 #19

Four of them, one of her. She gets the fuck off! TheBlackAdder Mar 2019 #28

Hope they sue big time malaise Mar 2019 #5

Exactly!!!!! tulipsandroses Mar 2019 #25

Airliner Arlene? Dennis Donovan Mar 2019 #8

+1 uponit7771 Mar 2019 #12

Cabin Cathy Blue Owl Mar 2019 #20

Jess Hilarious. WhiskeyGrinder Mar 2019 #30

Kick the complained off the plane, MineralMan Mar 2019 #9

The Impossible Hulk (white women threatened) uponit7771 Mar 2019 #11

Wait so, I can get anybody I don't like kicked off a plane Downtown Hound Mar 2019 #13

This message was self-deleted by its author marybourg Mar 2019 #21

So we can get people who wear red MAGA hats kicked off planes? smirkymonkey Mar 2019 #47

Newsweek story on this MineralMan Mar 2019 #14

So all she had to say was she felt threatened? tulipsandroses Mar 2019 #15

and how she isn't like other black people JI7 Mar 2019 #18

Instagram comedian? TexasBushwhacker Mar 2019 #17

Maybe it's wrong to say this... GaYellowDawg Mar 2019 #22

And I have seen it posted on this very site that only white people can be prejudiced. Tipperary Mar 2019 #45

Why didn't SHE get off the plane? 2naSalit Mar 2019 #23

Sikhs are predominantly peaceful but even they have their extremists. keithbvadu2 Mar 2019 #26

She did not even know they were Sikhs. She says so herself. Tipperary Mar 2019 #46

Confusing. The article makes it seem that she left the plane. Karadeniz Mar 2019 #27

My best friend during college in India was a sikh at140 Mar 2019 #31

One of my customers ditched the turban as well. Codeine Mar 2019 #34

The whole story is really muddled Codeine Mar 2019 #32

Her name is Jess Hilarious dalton99a Mar 2019 #35

Looks like this person has a history of being a mean spirited asshole tulipsandroses Mar 2019 #36

Warning: Where is the link to the news source? The only one i found was from 2016. Honeycombe8 Mar 2019 #38

Here's an article from Newsweek: Dr. Strange Mar 2019 #41

Thanks. It still doesn't make sense to me. Honeycombe8 Mar 2019 #42

I'm guessing she'll be opening for Diamond and Silk soon. n/m RhodeIslandOne Mar 2019 #39

Omarosa wannabe? colorado_ufo Mar 2019 #40

Why wasn't she kicked off? ck4829 Mar 2019 #43

Nah...something's wrong with this "story." I give it a "false." Honeycombe8 Mar 2019 #44

Sounds more like a stunt for clicks than anything else. Vinca Mar 2019 #48

Sounds like a misguided -- and HORRIBLY timed -- attempt at a sight gag rocktivity Mar 2019 #49