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SXSW also refused to give a US Olympian her badge until she removed her hijab: https://twitter.com/IbtihajMuhammad/status/708722250980012034?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

by jc4p 11y ago

SXSW also refused to give a US Olympian her badge until she removed her hijab: https://twitter.com/IbtihajMuhammad/status/708722250980012034?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw https://twitter.com/IbtihajMuhammad/status/70872225098001203...

sehr 11y ago
A single volunteer who was fired. This is more about the APD who have a long and much criticized history of abuse.
- KirinDave 11y ago
  I think both are pretty significant. Your message suggests this second incident should be dismissed.
  - sehr 11y ago
    IMO it's better to describe it as an issue with Austin/Texas as a whole, instead of just tying everything to SXSW. Austin & Texas have a lot of problems.
  - jo909 11y ago
    A volunteer asking for something unreasonable, possibly because he has no understanding for the religious role of a hijab, that you can simply decline, maybe explain and surely get sorted by talking to someone else, or at worst just walk away in disgust, is very different than experiencing police abuse and force, being helpless and restrained, isolated from your friends and family for hours. Not to dismiss that event, still pretty fucked up, but not the same order of magnitude.
    - KirinDave 11y ago
      I agree they are very different. > but not the same order of magnitude. Systemic abuse magnifies the scale of individual incidents.
jerrycabbage 11y ago
It was one volunteer. How stupid can you be? It was not "SXSW".
- beedogs 11y ago
  Go away.
- deleted 11y ago
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a_new_account12 11y ago
Can anyone explain to me why she shouldn't have to take her hat off? How many accommodations are we willing to make "for religious reasons"?
- fnordfnordfnord 11y ago
  Can you explain why she should?
  - a_new_account12 11y ago
    Fairness. Is that not sufficient reason? If taking your hat off was required for the picture, then she should also have to take her hat off. If taking your hat off was optional, then she should be able to keep her hat on.

by jc4p 11y ago

sehr 11y ago

A single volunteer who was fired. This is more about the APD who have a long and much criticized history of abuse.

KirinDave 11y ago
I think both are pretty significant. Your message suggests this second incident should be dismissed.
- sehr 11y ago
  IMO it's better to describe it as an issue with Austin/Texas as a whole, instead of just tying everything to SXSW. Austin & Texas have a lot of problems.
- jo909 11y ago
  A volunteer asking for something unreasonable, possibly because he has no understanding for the religious role of a hijab, that you can simply decline, maybe explain and surely get sorted by talking to someone else, or at worst just walk away in disgust, is very different than experiencing police abuse and force, being helpless and restrained, isolated from your friends and family for hours. Not to dismiss that event, still pretty fucked up, but not the same order of magnitude.
  - KirinDave 11y ago
    I agree they are very different. > but not the same order of magnitude. Systemic abuse magnifies the scale of individual incidents.

jerrycabbage 11y ago

It was one volunteer. How stupid can you be? It was not "SXSW".

beedogs 11y ago
Go away.
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a_new_account12 11y ago

Can anyone explain to me why she shouldn't have to take her hat off? How many accommodations are we willing to make "for religious reasons"?

fnordfnordfnord 11y ago
Can you explain why she should?
- a_new_account12 11y ago
  Fairness. Is that not sufficient reason? If taking your hat off was required for the picture, then she should also have to take her hat off. If taking your hat off was optional, then she should be able to keep her hat on.