Take off your jacket? Okay! Remove your jewelry and belt? Sure thing. Kick off the shoes? Of course -- did that back at check-in. Pull out everything you packed and dump each item into separate bins? You got it -- I was hoping to lose something today anyway.
But last week, I got a pat down.
OF MY HAIR.
This hair.After walking through the security conveyer belt, throwing my hands in the air (like I just didn't care) for the body scanning machine, and walking forward, I was informed that my hair was suspiciously full and lustrous and they had to pat it down.
They *might* have left out the compliments, but I was fairly confident that was why... they're a jealous bunch, those TSA people.
I'm not going to lie, it was a disappointing experience. There was no awkward massage of my shoulders or anything. When my co-worker got patted down, he got the full body treatment (women discriminated against again!).
But today, my friend sent me an article from the TIME website: "Woman Calls TSA Hair Pat Down 'Racially Motivated.'"
Oh.my.goodness. The same airport? The same pat down?
It's obvious: the TSA thinks I'm black.
It's not the first time this mistake has been made.
I thought the pat down was funny when it was just hair jealousy. Now that I know it's because I'm Jewish-and-confused-for-another-minority? Now I'm enraged.
I'm going to have to talk to some media about being singled out for my
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I can 100% assure you there will be no pat down of my hair. Welcome back. I see you still have your outrageous sense of humor...
Cheers,
Bobby
Well, thank goodness they're observant enough to see the dangers of hair! I mean, who knows what you could have been there? I feel so much safer...
Now, I've got big hair but not in the way you do. Your hairs inspire envy and jealousy in TSA employees and my hair has never done that.
Your hair is a superpower. Harness that and use it to your advantage...before they figure out you're white!
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