#flying while black

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[ifiwereabotcouldidothis]

...Yet we still fly to the States, tolerate their racial profiling, their abuse born of extreme paranoia and we allow Americans to enter this country without a visa.

[ausetkmt]

When Will White Men Stop Showing Their Asses ?

This unnamed, cross dressing scantily-dressed passenger was allowed to fly US Airways from Fort Lauderdale, Fla., to Phoenix. The photo was captured by passenger Jill Tarlo - so we ask why an airline spokesperson said that while the airline “does not have a specific dress code …we do ask that our passengers dress in an appropriate manner to ensure the safety and comfort of all of our passengers.”

This is certainly not appropriate attire for an airline flight. if anything I'd say he was dressed for work at a lingerie bar.  The man in lingerie was allowed to fly this way - without any question from any US Airways. Why ?

and if this man can fly in Underwear, why was a Young Black Man removed from a flight because he was fully dressed but his pants were sagging ?

Something about this just gets our panties in a bunch and that's not good

What will get you kicked off US Airways? Saggy pants or underpants?

By Harriet Baskas,

US Airways has acknowledged that less than a week before having a college student arrested for allegedly refusing to hike up his saggy pants while boarding, the airline allowed a man wearing little more than women’s underwear, black thigh-high stockings and heels to fly.

On June 16, University of New Mexico football player Deshon Marman was removed from a US Airways flight at San Francisco International Airport and arrested for refusing to follow crew members’ requests to hike up his saggy pants.

At the time, an airline spokesperson said that while the airline “does not have a specific dress code …we do ask that our passengers dress in an appropriate manner to ensure the safety and comfort of all of our passengers.”

Now there are reports — and a photo published in the San Francisco Chronicle — showing that six days before the saggy-pants incident, the airline allowed a man to board a flight in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., wearing an outfit that consisted, mostly, of women’s underwear and a short, see-through, cover-up shirt.

This is the story and it clearly shows what happened theYoung Black Man was racially profiled, and as such treated much more harshly.

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This is the original story about the incident.  we think it was clearly a hands down situation of racism and sexism. the young man was treated totally differently than the white man who came onto the airplane in lingerie.

Why was a white man in lingerie acceptable yet the sight of just the top of a black mans shorts sends people into an altercation ?  this is what American wsp is all about, that ws.

Black Air passenger arrested in saggy pants dispute

SAN FRANCISCO | Fri Jun 17, 2011 6:01pm EDT

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters Life!) - A U.S. college football player who allegedly refused a request to hoist his saggy pants when he boarded a flight was arrested after a dispute with the crew, authorities said on Friday.

When DeShon Marman, 20, refused to leave U.S. Airways Flight 488 from San Francisco to Phoenix on Wednesday, he was arrested for trespassing by police at the request of the plane's captain, said San Mateo County Chief Deputy District attorney Karen Guidotti.

"The attention was brought to him because his pants were so low that his genitals were almost showing," Guidotti said.

Marman also was booked for resisting arrest after an alleged fracas with an arresting officer at San Francisco International Airport, authorities said.

Both charges would be misdemeanors but Marman has not yet been formally charged, Guidotti said. An arraignment has been set for July 18 and Marman was released from jail on Thursday after posting $10,000 bail, authorities said.

Marman is a University of New Mexico football player originally from San Francisco.

The plane had 150 passengers on-board, said Andrew Christie, a spokesman for U.S. Airways.

"U.S. Airways does not have a specific dress code, but we do ask that our passengers dress in an appropriate manner to ensure the safety and comfort of all of our passengers," Christie said.

The other passengers were asked to leave the plane when Marman refused to leave, Guidotti said.

Ultimately, the flight left one hour late, Christie said.

(Reporting by Alex Dobuzinskis: Editing by Greg McCune)

So Today We Ask - When Will White Men Stop Showing Their Asses ?

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