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It's safe to assume there were other muslims reading books on a plane going to Turkey, and they didn't get reported. This woman wasn't reported "for reading a
by WillPostForFood 10y ago
It's safe to assume there were other muslims reading books on a plane going to Turkey, and they didn't get reported.
This woman wasn't reported "for reading a book," but because of what book she was reading. So it was not racist, though her appearance was definitely part of the decision making process.
- mikeash 10y agoFine, for reading this book. How does that make it any less stupid or racist?
- krapp 10y ago>It's safe to assume there were other muslims reading books on a plane going to Turkey, and they didn't get reported. If any of these books were about Syrian culture, you would have a point. But the issue is whether or not it's reasonable to suspect, detain and interrogate someone for reading a book about Syrian culture, regardless of their appearance. > though her appearance was definitely part of the decision making process. I think a more obviously European-looking person reading the same book on the same plane would not have seemed suspicious, and would never have been detained. Her appearance even being part of the decision making process is what makes it racist. That such an absurd thing was taken seriously makes it racist.
- WillPostForFood 10y agoThere is a lot of context not in the article. A white European man with a long beard and clean shaven lip reading the book might have seemed suspicious. Since what authorities are looking for is people going to fight for teh Islamic State, then how Islamic you looks is a valid factor in determining suspicion - that isn't racist.
- krapp 10y ago"looking Islamic" while minding your own business isn't suspicious behavior.