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Re:The TSA's New $45 Fee to Fly Without ID Is Illegal by happymellon on Tuesday February 03, 2026 @12:55AM (#46867057)
I used to work with a Kevin and a Mohammed.

Whenever we travelled to offsite offices Mohammed 100% of the time was picked for bag check, while Kevin was not picked once.

Mohammed was white, and Kevin was black.

It was completely racist, and never random.

Re:The TSA's New $45 Fee to Fly Without ID Is Illegal by tass on Tuesday February 03, 2026 @03:02AM (#46867961)
A person can get mistakenly (or not) flagged for special screening and get it over and over again - it happened to me many years ago.

I fixed it by filling out a form requesting a review, after which I received a “redress number” which could be entered into my booking information. It reliably stopped after that.

Re:The TSA's New $45 Fee to Fly Without ID Is Illegal by parineum on Tuesday February 03, 2026 @01:41AM (#46867370)
Not defending the practice but the Mohammed thing has a possible origin that isn't directly racist. The common names among Muslims and their propensity to appear on various watch lists lead to a lot of false alarms on those with those names.

It may be a racist result but there is a pretty reasonable and understandable reason it happens, ignoring the legality and morality of that kind of tracking as well.

Re:The TSA's New $45 Fee to Fly Without ID Is Illegal by johnisgood on Tuesday February 03, 2026 @04:32AM (#46868700)
I hope you extend this understanding to other patterns people recognize and act upon. :)
Re:The TSA's New $45 Fee to Fly Without ID Is Illegal by throwjddjdj on Tuesday February 03, 2026 @03:11AM (#46868047)
You can not be racist towards white people. That is not a racism
Re:The TSA's New $45 Fee to Fly Without ID Is Illegal by xeornet on Tuesday February 03, 2026 @04:02AM (#46868450)
Wait so when I get treated differently in China due to being white... it's not racist?

You're so far up your own virtue signalling you've lost touch.

Re:The TSA's New $45 Fee to Fly Without ID Is Illegal by rapidaneurism on Tuesday February 03, 2026 @03:40AM (#46868267)
An Irish man tries to enter the bar but is denied entry.
Re:The TSA's New $45 Fee to Fly Without ID Is Illegal by happymellon on Tuesday February 03, 2026 @03:31AM (#46868201)
They didn't know he was white when they picked him from the list.