Racial profiling for Brish Asians at US airports - Page 2

shillelagh · 03-05-2007, 01:09

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Originally Posted by WillowTheWhisp

Did he get a refund?

I remember back when we had all the IRA goings on I used to travel to Ireland quite a lot and I got some funny looks comng back through customs. They used to analyse the contents of my luggage too. The bit which really amused me was the questonnaire - occupation? purpose of visit? Like I'm going to put 'terrorist', 'collection of bomb'

I know that feeling Willow. We used to go on holiday every year to northern ireland. Now with the surname ive got especially where we went everybody knew us but still had few hair curling experiences over there. One we were stopped by the army going back to the hotel at 11pm - told to go back to where we came from so dad knowing the back roads went the back roads - we got stopped again - i was told to keep my mouth shut from my dad, and we got let through and on our way and dad put his foot down which made me nervous seeing as it was 11.15 dark and the roads were a bit dark, rough and narrow and curly. We got out of sight of the people who had stopped us and dad said i could speak again. I said why did you tell me to shut up he said that was the IRA who had stopped us the second time! Another time i got dragged off in the airport into a little room and searched and my suitcase searched all because of the wedding present in it. Had fun going over the border though having guns being pointed at your head in daylight because of the driver i could have killed him!!!

mani · 03-05-2007, 03:25

i dont think he wud be elegible to get his money back 5K sounds like alot of cash!

nice one lancsdave for finding that story!

i think i'ma stick to blackpool yet... maybe when i'm daring enough wales

WillowTheWhisp · 03-05-2007, 08:39

You have to be really brave to go to Wales. They talk funny there!

SPUGGIE J · 03-05-2007, 10:17

All I can say is dont go to the states with a heavy suntan unless its off a sun bed. Not taking a cheap shot here its just that appearence is deceptive.
To me they are saying that the cheif muslim trouble maker is of Pakistani origin which is wrong. There are those of other nationalities that are as bad if not worse. Now that they have started were will it end as this is now a slippery slope to trouble.

Eric · 03-05-2007, 14:01

I remember that at the beginning of GWB's war against Iraq Candians were the victims of US resentment at the border, and anywhere else people noticed their licence plates. Americans quit drinking Canadian Club whiskey and Canada Dry ginger ale ... ironically the companies producing these fine products are owned by British companies, and the Brits at the time were the only ones supporting the US. On 9-11 Canadian airports, particularly the ones in the Maritime Provinces accepted over 300 aircraft which had been inbound to US destinations. Local residents took the passengers, most of them US citizens, into their homes. Lifelong friedships were formed, ones that were immune to petty attitudes.

bullseyebarb · 04-05-2007, 17:36

We have had members of Congress being flagged by the Dept. of Homeland Security for its "no-fly" list.....including Teddy Kennedy, (which I thought was hilarious). A friend of mine recently flew to Germany with her husband and two sons. Due to some mix-up in flight bookings - which would take too long to detail here, one of her sons was viewed as "suspect" and was placed on the "no-fly" list. He is three years old. God save us all from the bureaucracy!!

mani · 05-05-2007, 04:23

yeah i've read about celebs/kids beign placed on the no-fly list for one reason or another

please put on paris hilton, madonna, david hasselhoff and boy george on that list

keep them on ur side of the pond!

LancYorkYankee · 06-05-2007, 22:03

Gosh, I hope the Asians working at LHR won't take their frustrations out on British Americans at English airports!

BEA

firefighter753 · 08-05-2007, 19:03

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yeah i've read about celebs/kids beign placed on the no-fly list for one reason or another

Hey mani they would probably put you on the no fly list if they saw your avatar.

mani · 09-05-2007, 13:44

i'm already under surveillence

my xbox 360 is being monitored for any violent games

not the no-fly list too!