http://www.blahstuff.com/oldstuff/2006/11/22/580/bad-sikh-pun-here/ A weblog about stuff and junk by Jake Sutton Sat, 05 Jul 2008 23:37:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://www.blahstuff.com/oldstuff/2006/11/22/580/bad-sikh-pun-here/#comment-10468 Jake Wed, 22 Nov 2006 22:27:22 +0000 http://www.blahstuff.com/oldstuff/2006/11/22/580/bad-sikh-pun-here/#comment-10468 And yet it didn't. How sad is it when "policy" overrides practicality? And yet it didn’t. How sad is it when “policy” overrides practicality?

]]> http://www.blahstuff.com/oldstuff/2006/11/22/580/bad-sikh-pun-here/#comment-10467 da kine Wed, 22 Nov 2006 21:57:20 +0000 http://www.blahstuff.com/oldstuff/2006/11/22/580/bad-sikh-pun-here/#comment-10467 I had a soldier who was stopped and asked questions for almost an hour at an airport. The fact that his last name is Abdelwahed probably contributed to that. He showed his military ID and told them he had just come back from Afghanistan, and they still kept asking him questions. My point? Profiling is fine, but once the military ID comes out, profiling should stop. I had a soldier who was stopped and asked questions for almost an hour at an airport. The fact that his last name is Abdelwahed probably contributed to that. He showed his military ID and told them he had just come back from Afghanistan, and they still kept asking him questions. My point? Profiling is fine, but once the military ID comes out, profiling should stop.

]]> http://www.blahstuff.com/oldstuff/2006/11/22/580/bad-sikh-pun-here/#comment-10466 Jake Wed, 22 Nov 2006 21:45:38 +0000 http://www.blahstuff.com/oldstuff/2006/11/22/580/bad-sikh-pun-here/#comment-10466 I use it more as a commentary on how 9/11 and the ensuing "War on <em>Terra</em>" seems to have given white America free license to a certain flavor of racial profiling. As in, "Well, that's OK, because by looking at them, I actually believe they might be terrorists." [<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/22/us/22muslim.html?_r=1&oref=slogin" rel="nofollow">Case in point</a>] I use it more as a commentary on how 9/11 and the ensuing “War on Terra” seems to have given white America free license to a certain flavor of racial profiling.
As in, “Well, that’s OK, because by looking at them, I actually believe they might be terrorists.” [Case in point]

]]> http://www.blahstuff.com/oldstuff/2006/11/22/580/bad-sikh-pun-here/#comment-10463 da kine Wed, 22 Nov 2006 19:21:05 +0000 http://www.blahstuff.com/oldstuff/2006/11/22/580/bad-sikh-pun-here/#comment-10463 I learned about the knife from a buddy in high school. He carried one even though he cut his hair; I think it was because it made him feel tough. As for the "brown" people talk, I notice a lot of it on left-wing sites I frequent, and it smacks of patriarchy, white man's burden, etc. No? I learned about the knife from a buddy in high school. He carried one even though he cut his hair; I think it was because it made him feel tough. As for the “brown” people talk, I notice a lot of it on left-wing sites I frequent, and it smacks of patriarchy, white man’s burden, etc. No?

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