Four innocent Sikhs were kicked off a plane today because this woman was scared of how they looked.

[demmiblue]

Simran Jeet Singh
?Verified account @SikhProf

Four innocent Sikhs were kicked off a plane today because this woman was scared of how they looked.

Please watch and share this video to understand how hate hurts us all.

(see thread below for more info on the Sikh religion and identity)

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Sikhs make up the world's fifth largest religion with nearly 30 million followers worldwide. Yet, few people seem to know about Sikhi.

So let me offer a few basic insights as a practitioner and scholar.

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[irisblue]

1. She seems....rational.

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[Paka]

10. Are you kidding?

...or trying for sarcasm. To me she doesn't even look slightly rational.

[irisblue]

16. She sure has hurt her career.

And yeah, I did forget the sarcasm emoji

[Paka]

33. I can be slow at times,

but I figured it had to be sarcasm.

[Aristus]

2. Why do they always pander to the crazy assholes?

Throw her off the fucking plane!

[California_Republic]

6. I was thinking the same.

You just say you are uncomfortable and there off. I would then be uncomfortable flying with her! And so....

[MustLoveBeagles]

29. Exactly

[Blue_true]

3. True ignorance on the woman's part, the plane's crew and anyone that was sitting near enough to hear

what was going on.

[allgood33]

24. Wait for it. She will be denied some service for her color before it's over.

Everyone is going nuts these days.

[Blue_true]

37. She likely has been denied something because of her color. That is the sad part. nt

[WhiskeyGrinder]

4. It would be nice for businesses to escort the scared person off the plane for once.

[RockRaven]

7. Exactly. "Oh, you aren't comfortable flying with them? Well, we can accommodate that. Bye!"

"Don't let the cabin door hit your ass on the way out!"

[DBoon]

19. or, "we will book you on the next flight"

which might be a red-eye

[TheBlackAdder]

28. Four of them, one of her. She gets the fuck off!

[malaise]

5. Hope they sue big time

It's called Islamophobia on steroids because Sikhs are not even Muslims.

Enough of this shit. How dare the airline remove paying passengers

[tulipsandroses]

25. Exactly!!!!!

Now that she is getting blasted, she is pulling the " I have a black friend card" - How Ironic. If it wasn't so sad it would be funny.
In the Newsweek article that was linked. She mentions I have Muslim family. Oh my.


She reminds me of a former friend that I ended a friendship with. I tried very hard to maintain our friendship. But he showed his true colors when Trump started campaigning. I just could not understand how a person of color could stomach anything this orange cretin had to say. But he bought the MAGA thing hook line and sinker showed me how much he was anti immigrant. He really believed Mexicans were criminals. Immigrants take away jobs. This was someone I knew for for almost 20 years.

The humanitarian crisis at the border was the tipping point for me. He really showed to me that he had no soul and had no capacity for empathy for fellow humans. I no longer desired to be friends with people like that. I did try over he last 2 years to reach common ground but it was not to be. I hope this woman is not like him and can see the error in her ways.

[Dennis Donovan]

8. Airliner Arlene?

[uponit7771]

12. +1

[Blue Owl]

20. Cabin Cathy

n/t

[WhiskeyGrinder]

30. Jess Hilarious.

[MineralMan]

9. Kick the complained off the plane,

Not the innocent other passengers. This is going to backfire badly.

[uponit7771]

11. The Impossible Hulk (white women threatened)

[Downtown Hound]

13. Wait so, I can get anybody I don't like kicked off a plane

if I just tell them I'm scared of the way they look? That's all I have to do? Why didn't somebody tell me that before?

[smirkymonkey]

47. So we can get people who wear red MAGA hats kicked off planes?

Kewl!

[MineralMan]

14. Newsweek story on this

https://www.newsweek.com/jess-hilarious-says-shes-not-racist-after-being-accused-getting-passengers-1365800

[tulipsandroses]

15. So all she had to say was she felt threatened?

Something is seriously wrong with this airline's policy if that's all she had to say.

[JI7]

18. and how she isn't like other black people

[TexasBushwhacker]

17. Instagram comedian?

Instagram needs to DUMP her racist ass.

[GaYellowDawg]

22. Maybe it's wrong to say this...

... but, as someone white, my first feeling was relief that it wasn't another stupid white person. The next 100 incidences of similar stupidity will probably be, but whew. Not this time.

[Tipperary]

45. And I have seen it posted on this very site that only white people can be prejudiced.

Here is this idiot who proves that wrong. She has called people “f-gg-t” previously according to the Newsweek article, and now this nonsense. She seems like a real piece of work.

[2naSalit]

23. Why didn't SHE get off the plane?

[keithbvadu2]

26. Sikhs are predominantly peaceful but even they have their extremists.

Sikhs are predominantly peaceful but even they have their extremists.

Indira Gandhi was assassinated by her Sikh bodyguards.

This woman on the plane would have no idea either way.

[Tipperary]

46. She did not even know they were Sikhs. She says so herself.

She is an ignorant asshat.

[Karadeniz]

27. Confusing. The article makes it seem that she left the plane.

The name of the airline is not given. The Sikhs should have been allowed to stay and passengers should have defended them.

[at140]

31. My best friend during college in India was a sikh

and one day he visits me in Chicago, and I couldn't recognize him!
He had shaved off his beard and ditched the turban.

[Codeine]

34. One of my customers ditched the turban as well.

He still has long hair but he keeps it up in a baseball cap. He calls it his “Dodger dastar.”

[Codeine]

32. The whole story is really muddled

to the point where it’s not even clear if the Sikh passengers were actually removed from the flight or what role this stupid-ass “Instagram comedian” (seriously? Dafuq?) really played in the whole thing.

Ultimately all that I’m able to take away from this story with any certainty is that the Instagrammer in question is a tremendously unpleasant person who deserves to be shunned, mocked, and ruined on general principle.

[dalton99a]

35. Her name is Jess Hilarious

http://thejasminebrand.com/2019/03/17/jess-hilarious-accused-of-racism-for-boasting-about-getting-sikh-men-in-turbans-thrown-off-plane/

[tulipsandroses]

36. Looks like this person has a history of being a mean spirited asshole

I have never heard of her till today but hey I don't keep up with the happenings of young folks. But I googled her and found this


Bmore Bamma Jess Hilarious Calls Fan “F*ggot” & Offers Weak Apology

Jess Hilarious has amassed a huge following for her quick wit and humorous videos on Instagram, but now she’s quickly being gathered on Twitter over that sharp tongue. The Baltimore native clapped back at a fan and called the person a “f*ggot” via an Instagram comment and offered a weak apology in response to the calls for cancellation.

[link:https://hiphopwired.com/playlist/jess-hilarious-homophobia-instagram/|

[Honeycombe8]

38. Warning: Where is the link to the news source? The only one i found was from 2016.

Never believe a video without a verifiable source.

I found that four sikhs were kicked off a plane in 2016. There was a lawsuit over it.

[Dr. Strange]

41. Here's an article from Newsweek:

https://www.newsweek.com/jess-hilarious-says-shes-not-racist-after-being-accused-getting-passengers-1365800

[Honeycombe8]

42. Thanks. It still doesn't make sense to me.

She's claiming that she's the one that got them kicked off some plane. But there is no evidence that's true. She even says she didn't tell anyone she was scared. No mention of the plane.

Looks like maybe something MAY have happened, and she did a video to become part of the story. She's in the entertainment biz (Newsweek says...never heard of her). She says she was scared, but didn't say what she was scared of.

Even Newsweek states they were "allegedly" kicked off a plane, and that she is taking credit/blame.

Nah...I'm calling this one false.

[RhodeIslandOne]

39. I'm guessing she'll be opening for Diamond and Silk soon. n/m

[colorado_ufo]

40. Omarosa wannabe?

I hope this disgusting, no-talent woman enjoys her 15 seconds of Fame.

[ck4829]

43. Why wasn't she kicked off?

[Honeycombe8]

44. Nah...something's wrong with this "story." I give it a "false."

It's not reported anywhere that 4 Sikhs were kicked off any plane today.

In Newsweek, it doesn't even say that 4 Sikhs were kicked off a plane. It reports on what this gal says. And her story doesn't make sense. She's scared! She's scared! She never says why. And she even says she didn't tell anyone she was scared.

So I'm guessing something may have happened, and she did a video to become part of the story. She's in the entertainment business.

If something happened, it will be reported in full on CNN or one of the major networks.

[Vinca]

48. Sounds more like a stunt for clicks than anything else.

[rocktivity]

49. Sounds like a misguided -- and HORRIBLY timed -- attempt at a sight gag

rocktivity