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magicminister:
[size=20pt]Racism is alive and well.
I would always advise any and every black person to grow a thick skin.
i have witnessed subtle discrimination and obvious discrimination.

There is no solution to racism and tribalism.

The only problem i have is when i see white folks being treated like demi gods by Nigerian people when they are in Nigeria.
It makes me really really sick and angry when i see my Nigerian brothers and sisters give preference to a white man in Nigeria before they even look my face or your face.


I might hate you but if i see you getting harassed by a white man, i will jump in quickly to your rescue.
whenever i read cases of white employers maltreating and physically abusing Nigerian employers In Nigeria, it really makes me wonder!
Can't their Nigerian colleagues jump in and save them?

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magicminister:
[size=20pt]Racism is alive and well.
I would always advise any and every black person to grow a thick skin.
i have witnessed subtle discrimination and obvious discrimination.

There is no solution to racism and tribalism.

The only problem i have is when i see white folks being treated like demi gods by Nigerian people when they are in Nigeria.
It makes me really really sick and angry when i see my Nigerian brothers and sisters give preference to a white man in Nigeria before they even look my face or your face.

Blacks have to unite.
That is the only way!
Lets stand as one.

I might hate you but if i see you getting harassed by a white man, i will jump in quickly to your rescue.
whenever i read cases of white employers maltreating and physically abusing Nigerian employers In Nigeria, it really makes me wonder!
Can't their Nigerian colleagues jump in and save them?

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Atmmachine:
You're a racist son of a bitcch.
You hate whites ??
Which whites ?? I think you haven't been in contact with white people. They're the nicest people on earth.

Bimffo:
They are the nicest people where?

Please, my People, Where is Poland located?

aim5:
White people in general are racist, but Eastern Europeans are the worst. It's a shame that Africans get puked by these motherphuckers. I hate Eastern Europeans with perfect hatred especially for what they did to Tonia Okojie some months. And the annoying part of it all is that these whites will say oh we aren't the ones who hate you it's the "Jews". As if there's any difference between them and those devilish, Zionist imposters.

aim5:
In Central or Eastern Europe depends how you wanna look at it.

BuddhaPalm:
You are not racist at all.

pansophist:
It was before my departure, I was patiently queuing about to board a flight from Katowice (Poland) to Eindhoven (Netherlands) at 07.15 am. While waiting, I was approached by a male employee who asked me about an unknown baggage found somewhere around the airport, I courteously replied that its not mine and I suggested that he should make a public announcement about it before passengers began to board the aircraft. When it was my turn to board, I approached the passenger service assistant and gave him my ID and mobile boarding pass but to my dismayal, he explicitly stated that I will not be allowed to board while asking me to wait at the corner for his boss to handle the situation. He wouldn’t listen to my subsequent plea as he rudely separated me from the curiously observing queuers, as I waited for the arrival of his supposed boss.

Three minutes later, the middle-aged boss arrived and as expected, collected my ID and interrogated me with the same question asked by the previous vicenarian employee, I repeatedly told him that I knew nothing about the baggage but he wouldn’t accept this as the truth. He further claimed that I was caught on camera dropping the bag and he would release the video to me if I keep denying, I was amazingly shocked at such magnitude of lie against me. I ask if I could see the video, wondering if I was mistaken for someone else, He agreed to show me but inferred that I wont be able to board the flight because after the nitty-gritty, the plane would be late on arrival, then its was dawm on me that this is getting serious. I replied angrily that if I miss my flight, I would sue the legal-person(s) involved. On hearing this, he immediately facilitated my boarding and directed me to the boarding gate. I asked again if I could see the video where I was caught dropping the baggage but he refused and reminded me that I am delaying the flight, in an attempt to diverge my pending questions. I was vehemently mortified. As I entered the plane from the front door, I noticed the fear and irritation gripping the passengers due to my chagrin. I approached to my assigned seat number, the passenger next to me wanted to be sure if I should be sitting close to her, as she was scared. I have never been publicly humiliated to this extent before. Throughout the whole trip, I was filled with so much anger, being victimized, guilt, and disregard. I wondered why I was handpicked and accorded such degrading treatment; I strongly believed it’s because of my phenotypically dark skin as I am the only ''non white'' on the flight, since no public announcement was made to inform if someone misplaced the baggage.

I have been a denizen in Poland and I have never experienced such degrading treatment throughout my time there. This treatment created a deep hole in my heart and brought to my awareness the reserved prejudice deeply rooted in the heart of the airport workers who ganged up and treated me so unfairly due to my dark skin. It is expected of public workers to be competent with customer’s relation skills, especially in airport serving passengers from all parts of the world. This experience has made me unnecessarily sensitive as I was made to tacitly understand I would have to prove my innocence if I’m unluckily present in any mix-up situation, that I will be assumed guilty by default with the burden of proving myself innocent resting on me, that this experience is but a mere trigger of an existing presupposition. The most painful part is that my feelings were completely ignored and at the very least of my expectation, no apologies issued to the aggrieved.

I am writing this letter without prejudice, and all I ask for is that the necessary authorities should equip its employees with customer relationship skills and method in reaching coherent conclusions without subjecting anyone to an inhumane treatment, and also as a deterrent from this happening to subsequent passengers.

aim5:
No such thing as a black racist. I may be prejudice that's it. And if I am, I have a good reason to be.

ramalot:
100% False. That's like saying "I'm not a killer. I may be a life terminator, that's it."

Atmmachine:
My Nigga.
That's not even racism.
When you see a real racism, you won't be able to narrate your ordeal to anyone.
The just wanna see your ID & make sure you wasn't the one who dropped the bag.

aim5:
White people in general are racist, but Eastern Europeans are the worst. It's a shame that Africans get punked by these motherphuckers. I hate Eastern Europeans with perfect hatred especially for what they did to Tonia Okojie some months ago. And the annoying part of it all is that these whites will say oh we aren't the ones who hate you it's the "Jews". As if there's any difference between them and those devilish, Zionist imposters.

aim5:
White people in general are racist, but Eastern Europeans are the worst. It's a shame that Africans get punked by these motherphuckers. I hate Eastern Europeans with perfect hatred especially for what they did to Tonia Okojie some months ago. And the annoying part of it all is that these whites will say oh we aren't the ones who hate you it's the "Jews". As if there's any difference between them and those devilish, Zionist imposters.

martineverest:
Africans are always fast at calling white racist;i guess dis is majorly due to low self esteem.they forget that tribalism and ethnicity are the 'worst form' of racism.

madjune:
I'm sure he had tribal marks on his face.

EnlightenedSoul:
OP, that's just another case of MWF (Muslim While Flying). One of my sisters started hijab about a year ago, and as we approached the line, I went off to make a quick phone-call and came back just in time to witness my sister - who'd been wearing a scarf all of two months and had never in her travel-packed life been asked to step aside - stowed away for a lengthy questionnaire and an accompanying frisk-a-thon enough to make a seasoned escort feel violated.

Meanwhile, when came my turn, they brightly and cordially wished me a wonderful flight experience with smiles on their faces. I happened to have a winter scarf wrapped around my neck, and you should've seen their smiles turn slack on their faces and their eyebrows shoot straight up as I inched my scarf ever so slightly over my hair and then continue the process as I saw the reaction it 'provoked', just to fvck with their minds.

It was as if you could see the gears slowly turning in their heads...

"OMG, we missed a terrorist!".

It was PRICELESS, yet sad. The experience was enough to stop my sister from wearing it while traveling ever again.

I would call that discrimination, not racism.

all4naija:
If at this modern age some ignorant people still behave they way their ancestors did in the 18 century then something must be wrong with them. We have come a long way to understand people, society and the environment we live in. For those who see this disgraceful act by the Polish people or whatever they are called as normal are completely hypocrites!

odinese:
Read most of your posts in previous pages, but ima tell you that you do act very dumb and immature...believe me.

madjune:
What are you talking about?

Do you have tribal marks?

all4naija:
There is nothing in the OP that says she is a Muslim or wearing a headscarf or some Muslim covering sh*t! Those Polish officers are just being unprofessional or absolutely ignorant.

EnlightenedSoul:
Doesn't have to be a hijab, precisely. It could be his/her form of dress, or even something as simple as a given name. Our names are not typically names associated with Islam (Arab), so it took my sister 'marking herself' to experience the 'treatment'.

pansophist:
It was before my departure, I was patiently queuing about to board a flight from Katowice (Poland) to Eindhoven (Netherlands) at 07.15 am. While waiting, I was approached by a male employee who asked me about an unknown baggage found somewhere around the airport, I courteously replied that its not mine and I suggested that he should make a public announcement about it before passengers began to board the aircraft. When it was my turn to board, I approached the passenger service assistant and gave him my ID and mobile boarding pass but to my dismayal, he explicitly stated that I will not be allowed to board while asking me to wait at the corner for his boss to handle the situation. He wouldn’t listen to my subsequent plea as he rudely separated me from the curiously observing queuers, as I waited for the arrival of his supposed boss.

Three minutes later, the middle-aged boss arrived and as expected, collected my ID and interrogated me with the same question asked by the previous vicenarian employee, I repeatedly told him that I knew nothing about the baggage but he wouldn’t accept this as the truth. He further claimed that I was caught on camera dropping the bag and he would release the video to me if I keep denying, I was amazingly shocked at such magnitude of lie against me. I ask if I could see the video, wondering if I was mistaken for someone else, He agreed to show me but inferred that I wont be able to board the flight because after the nitty-gritty, the plane would be late on arrival, then its was dawm on me that this is getting serious. I replied angrily that if I miss my flight, I would sue the legal-person(s) involved. On hearing this, he immediately facilitated my boarding and directed me to the boarding gate. I asked again if I could see the video where I was caught dropping the baggage but he refused and reminded me that I am delaying the flight, in an attempt to diverge my pending questions. I was vehemently mortified. As I entered the plane from the front door, I noticed the fear and irritation gripping the passengers due to my chagrin. I approached to my assigned seat number, the passenger next to me wanted to be sure if I should be sitting close to her, as she was scared. I have never been publicly humiliated to this extent before. Throughout the whole trip, I was filled with so much anger, being victimized, guilt, and disregard. I wondered why I was handpicked and accorded such degrading treatment; I strongly believed it’s because of my phenotypically dark skin as I am the only ''non white'' on the flight, since no public announcement was made to inform if someone misplaced the baggage.

I have been a denizen in Poland and I have never experienced such degrading treatment throughout my time there. This treatment created a deep hole in my heart and brought to my awareness the reserved prejudice deeply rooted in the heart of the airport workers who ganged up and treated me so unfairly due to my dark skin. It is expected of public workers to be competent with customer’s relation skills, especially in airport serving passengers from all parts of the world. This experience has made me unnecessarily sensitive as I was made to tacitly understand I would have to prove my innocence if I’m unluckily present in any mix-up situation, that I will be assumed guilty by default with the burden of proving myself innocent resting on me, that this experience is but a mere trigger of an existing presupposition. The most painful part is that my feelings were completely ignored and at the very least of my expectation, no apologies issued to the aggrieved.

I am writing this letter without prejudice, and all I ask for is that the necessary authorities should equip its employees with customer relationship skills and method in reaching coherent conclusions without subjecting anyone to an inhumane treatment, and also as a deterrent from this happening to subsequent passengers.

all4naija:
This is an excuse I must not accept from you. African names got nothing to do with this. Most of those who are involved with terror activities would likely carry Islamic names like Mohammed, Hassan, etc. You have no argument there.

The officers were very unprofessional and they can easily endanger the lives of the innocent people by projecting the blame to the wrong person. The airport should look for better hands than those. This is 21st century - the information and space age.