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According to 10news.com, three Sikh fans who drove seven hours from Fresno to San Diego were initially denied entry to Qualcomm Stadium for the Broncos-Chargers game because they were wearing turbans.
“Three of my buddies, they had turbans on, and it [was] like, you guys got to take the turbans off,” Verinder Mahli said.
They eventually got in, but they were told (according to Mahli) that if they return, they can’t wear turbans.
It is good that they were reported for suspicious activity in the parking lot. However, it seems as if they were reported because they were wearing turbans. A complete Catch 22/Good news, Bad News situation. I can only wonder how Solomon would have cut this baby in half.
There is no good side to this. The very basic educational requirements to determine normal traditional dress worn by a non-muslim religious sect and that of a possible threat was entirely missing by far too many people who had a hand in this fiasco.
Next up; Amish man attacked for wearing all black clothing a-la Columbine shooters.
Sari wearer removed from flight because dot on forehead was assumed to be dead man's switch for a hidden bomb.
A nation full of people demonstrating they are ill equipped to exercise sound judgment when a good fear-fest is so much more fun.
It is good that they were reported for suspicious activity in the parking lot. However, it seems as if they were reported because they were wearing turbans. A complete Catch 22/Good news, Bad News situation. I can only wonder how Solomon would have cut this baby in half.
El Nox
I wonder if it was good news that nobody else in the parking lot was reported for opening their trunk and putting a bag away.
If they were actually told they can't wear them into the stadium that is bad. I'm always curious about one's interpretation of an event. I went to a KC Chiefs game last year and they made me take off my hat and frisked me when I was walking in. Would a Sikh be against taking off the turban in an effort to enter the stadium and then being able to put it back on? Is that potentially what happened? If they were truly told to go put them back in the car or that they couldn't wear them when so many have hats on that is bad. If on the other hand they were told to remove them like any person wearing a hat so they could make sure you weren't carrying anything in it and they considered that to mean they couldn't wear them that's a different story.
Something I'd point out from reading some of the comments of the article:
This was not a case of "profiling." It was a case of ignorant bigotry.
Profiling is imminently useful, but "profiling" encompasses much more than observation of a single characteristic. "He looked like he came from the Middle East" is not profiling, it's just bigotry.
If it can happen in San Diego, it can happen in less advanced societies in the South.
Mick
The only difference between San Diego and Mississippi is the spelling. It is nothing like the rest of California.
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