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Minnesota TSA agent snapped Native American woman's braids, said 'giddyup!'

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Minnesota TSA agent snapped Native American woman's braids, said 'giddyup!'

"Going through @TSA at @mspairport, the agent said she needed to pat down my braids. She pulled them behind my shoulders, laughed & said 'giddyup!' as she snapped my braids like reins," Tara Houska wrote on Twitter on Monday.

"When I informed the middle-aged blonde woman who had casually used her authority to dehumanize and disrespect me, she said 'Well it was just in fun, I’m sorry. Your hair is lovely.' <— that is NOT an apology and it is NOT okay, Houska added. "My hair is part of my spirit. I am a Native woman. I am angry, humiliated. Your 'fun' hurt."
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Doing something like this is wrong because it's wrong.

But this article would have you believe it's extra wrong when done to a brown person - because: magic hair.

Good grief.

:slapme:
 
JMaximus said:
But this article would have you believe it's extra wrong when done to a brown person - because: magic hair.

Good grief.

:slapme:
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Your post is racist.
 
JMaximus said:
Minnesota TSA agent snapped Native American woman's braids, said 'giddyup!'


Doing something like this is wrong because it's wrong.

But this article would have you believe it's extra wrong when done to a brown person - because: magic hair.

Good grief.

:slapme:
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You are able to read? I would assume? She was a native American, not a "brown person" and her beads and clothing is as much part of their faith/spirituality as Jewish people with a yarmulke. How would you feel if a yarmulke had been ripped of someone's head by a TSA officers and thrown about like a frisbee, that person would also have complained about how it is extra wrong compared to someone's MAGA hat.

All you show is that you do not have a very good understanding about issues respecting people's religious expressions when it comes to clothing. Especially when it is about Native Americans.
 
Peter King said:
You are able to read? I would assume? She was a native American, not a "brown person" and her beads and clothing is as much part of their faith/spirituality as Jewish people with a yarmulke. How would you feel if a yarmulke had been ripped of someone's head by a TSA officers and thrown about like a frisbee, that person would also have complained about how it is extra wrong compared to someone's MAGA hat.

All you show is that you do not have a very good understanding about issues respecting people's religious expressions when it comes to clothing. Especially when it is about Native Americans.
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Doing something like this is wrong because it's wrong.

But this article would have you believe it's extra wrong when done to a Jewish person - because: magic hat.

lol
 
Peter King said:
You are able to read? I would assume? She was a native American, not a "brown person" and her beads and clothing is as much part of their faith/spirituality as Jewish people with a yarmulke. How would you feel if a yarmulke had been ripped of someone's head by a TSA officers and thrown about like a frisbee, that person would also have complained about how it is extra wrong compared to someone's MAGA hat.

All you show is that you do not have a very good understanding about issues respecting people's religious expressions when it comes to clothing. Especially when it is about Native Americans.
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Ripping clothing off people is wrong. Playing horsie with their body parts is also wrong.

It's on you - and the controversy-chasing bimbo from the article - to demonstrate why assaulting some people is worse than assaulting other people because they personally ascribe mystic sky-daddy attributes to something.
 
Peter King said:
You are able to read? I would assume? She was a native American, not a "brown person" and her beads and clothing is as much part of their faith/spirituality as Jewish people with a yarmulke. How would you feel if a yarmulke had been ripped of someone's head by a TSA officers and thrown about like a frisbee, that person would also have complained about how it is extra wrong compared to someone's MAGA hat.

All you show is that you do not have a very good understanding about issues respecting people's religious expressions when it comes to clothing. Especially when it is about Native Americans.
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Very well said.
 
Ikari said:
Doing something like this is wrong because it's wrong.

But this article would have you believe it's extra wrong when done to a Jewish person - because: magic hat.

lol
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I'll do you one better: Picture a female Muslim TSA officer wearing a head covering being the instigator....

But this article would have you believe it's extra wrong when done to a Christian person - because: magic cross.
 
Wow, how come this thread here sounds even worse than the already terrible event it comments upon??? Is there any lower way to address this event, than the one picked by the OP and his defenders??? Well, I suppose there is: people could have said "well done, TSA agent, nothing wrong with that!" Short of that... tsk, tsk.
 
JustHanging said:
I'll do you one better: Picture a female Muslim TSA officer wearing a head covering being the instigator....

But this article would have you believe it's extra wrong when done to a Christian person - because: magic cross.
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The TSA agent should be fired under the DFA, Dumb ****s Act.
All agencies should have one

1 - you do not have physical fun with a person you are checking
2 - Native Americans, no one ever briefed TSA's agents during training about the religious significance of NA braids, and other religions such as Jews, Sikhs and such
 
JANFU said:
The TSA agent should be fired under the DFA, Dumb ****s Act.
All agencies should have one

1 - you do not have physical fun with a person you are checking
2 - Native Americans, no one ever briefed TSA's agents during training about the religious significance of NA braids, and other religions such as Jews, Sikhs and such
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Just #1 is enough.

Be respectful in everything you do - always.

Then no one - religious, spiritual, secular, or whatever else - would ever have reason to feel violated, abused, or offended.

It's just that simple.
 
JMaximus said:
Just #1 is enough.

Be respectful in everything you do - always.

Then no one - religious, spiritual, secular, or whatever else - would ever have reason to feel violated, abused, or offended.

It's just that simple.
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In a perfect world, yes.
 
No going off script or improv allowed in TSA theater.
 
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