Why is airport security racist?

They should be checking everyone, regardless of gender or race. But they have limited resources and should therefore spend more time with people who fit the profile of a target.

There are plenty of white drug mules ffs, in fact many white ppl are targetted specifically because they can get past security without risk of getting checked. Those smugglers often use white ppl because of the incompetence of security

They are poorly-trained, poorly-educated people on near-minimum wage who are told to look out for "indicators" that someone might be a terrorist.

90% of the terrorist threat comes from Muslims, most Muslims are non-white.

Thing is, airport security is almost entirely for show, so no airport is going to bother to spend lots of money training people properly, they just contract it out to G4S and other such companies.

You may want to re-read the post. I stated that resources should be spent on individuals who fit the profile; be that of any race, gender, sex, etc...

If a white person is acting strangely to them, they won't bat an eyelid but if an Asian or black person is acting strangely then they will be questioned and searched for drugs, weapons etc.

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Yes and based on OP, you assumed that the reason why security dont check whites as much is because they dont fit the profile.

That is the only assumption that can be drawn from your statement is that whites dont fit the profile. If that is not what you meant then your post is completely irrelevant.

Hardly. My intention was to show that due to limited resources, the security officials have to select people who fit their target profile.. It's a simple matter of cost/benefit analysis. How you managed to conclude that I was suggesting a race issue is quite ludicrous.



Not at all. The issue simply isn't about 'white vs. brown' or 'white vs. black', for example. It's a matter of economic factors such as limited financial resources and trained staff who are able to check passengers before they board the flight. Race, although a key factor, is not the only factor involved here. The OP was insinuating that airport security staff are manned by racists who are only out to check 'brown' people and to let the 'white' people pass. We don't live in apartheid South Africa and both yourself and him are assuming the situation is straightforward (which it clearly isn't).

Well if that is what you say that what exactly is the reason for the racist nature of airport security?

Surely it is because the apparent 'target profile' is not white? The only two other factors that I can think of is age and gender, both of which aren't as much of a contributing factor as race is.

Firstly, what evidence do you have to suggest that racism is embedded in airport security? By definition, racism assumes superiority of one race over another.



And how do you know that the target profile is not white?

There's far too many assumptions being made and very little evidence to back the ludicrous statements.

There are plenty of white drug mules ffs, in fact many white ppl are targetted specifically because they can get past security without risk of getting checked. Those smugglers often use white ppl because of the incompetence of security

Well if that is what you say that what exactly is the reason for the racist nature of airport security? Surely it is because the apparent 'target profile' is not white? The only two other factors that I can think of is age and gender, both of which aren't as much of a contributing factor as race is.

http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Airport-security-questions-and-discrimination-416718

https://electronicintifada.net/content/suspected-citizens-racial-profiling-against-arab-passengers-israeli-airports-and-airlines

Literally took me 2 seconds to find. And just looking at the news will show the number of muslims that were denied to board a plane will show that brown people are racially targeted.

Yes, they would check white people to but it is evident that you are far more likely to be checked if you weren't white.

At the Zracna Luka Rijeka airport in Croatia before my return flight to Israel on an Israeli airline, as always, once the Israeli security saw our passports (and saw that weird combination of an Arab and a Jew traveling together, god forbid), the smile faded from their faces and the suspicious questions began.

The Arab Association for Human Rights (HRA) and the Center Against Racism (hereinafter “the investigating organizations”) have accumulated numerous complaints submitted by Arab citizens relating to discriminatory security inspections they have undergone at the hands of security personnel, despite the fact that they did not pose the slightest security risk to the other passengers.