I'm starting to think that Airlines should be required to send all of their employees through informational seminars about distinguishing actual threats from things or behaviours that are just unusual, but might reasonably be seen on a flight. This should especially apply to any religious symbols or behaviours. These people are being ramped up to an impossible degree about keeping an eye out for possible threats and are, to the best of my knowledge, not being told what they are looking for. This may very well have been a case of ignorance, not malice or profiling.
And as a note, I'm a well-educated woman who happens to live in a *very* WASP city. (Heck, it's so white-bred around here I came within a hairsbreadth of telling a customer at work that she had dirt on her forehead on Ash Wednesday.) I have read about tefillin, but never seen one worn and would probably be at least temporarily confused by seeing one. Just saying...
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Date: 2010-01-21 09:39 pm (UTC)And as a note, I'm a well-educated woman who happens to live in a *very* WASP city. (Heck, it's so white-bred around here I came within a hairsbreadth of telling a customer at work that she had dirt on her forehead on Ash Wednesday.) I have read about tefillin, but never seen one worn and would probably be at least temporarily confused by seeing one. Just saying...