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Lemmy's have you ever been "profiled" or judged preemptively? What is your story ? (lemmy.world)

submitted 10 months ago by Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] RandomStickman@fedia.io 18 points 10 months ago (2 children)

My brother and I got randomly selected for extra screening before getting on the plane. The entire line of random people are not white, what are the odds?

[–] BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz 2 points 10 months ago

It depends on where you fly to/from

[–] Drusas@fedia.io 2 points 10 months ago

My experience after 9/11 was similar but also the opposite. I flew a lot back then. I'm white and was very young at the time. I would see minorities getting singled out but also people like me. I assumed it was to try to make it look fair. "See? We're not bigots; we're also inconveniencing this white young woman "