Black Semitic Girl Reader At The AirportPosted in Articles, Autobiography, Media Archive, Social Justice, United States on 2017-02-08 21:14Z by Steven |
Black Semitic Girl Reader At The Airport
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2017-02-07, 21:00 PST (Local Time)
Chanda Prescod-Weinstein, Theoretical Astro|Physicist
Where books become bombs
Seattle International Airport—Just spent 20 minutes being physically searched at Seattle airport, body searched, and at one point being spoken to and surrounded by seven — yes seven — TSA agents while being informed my backpack had bomb making materials in it. A few thoughts:
- My bag was flagged at the X-ray machine because I had too many books in my bag.
- Then the chemical testing machine told them that there were bomb making materials in my bag. Remember, they were only looking because I had “too many” books
- Then a second machine told them that my 2014 model MacBook Pro had extra bomb making materials on it.
- They checked my hair, my breasts, and between my legs.
- Then they told me they would have to do it again…
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