Sunday, May 31, 2015

Discrimination on United Airlines Flight by Laura Walton (4)

Original Story: http://www.cnn.com/2015/05/30/us/united-flight-muslim-chaplain/index.html











Tahera Ahmad, the director of interfaith engagement and the Muslim chaplain for Northwestern University was denied an unopened can of diet coke on a United Airlines flight due to the flight attendants ignorance and discrimination. The flight attendant denied the can of coke because she expressed fear of the can being used as a weapon. Tahera was brought to tears as she asked the people around her if they are witnessing this and a man told her to “shut the f*ck up”. The Airline responded by identifying the situation as a misunderstanding and no formal apology was issued.
This relates to U.S History to show different perspectives of racism and discrimination in America. This is a reminder of how much progress still needs to be made in the respect for different cultures and religions. Despite her status and education she was treated as a virus and I believe no one should be treated as one.

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