The following scene took place on a BA flight between
Johannesburg and London.
This is a true story.
A White woman, about 50 years old, was seated next to a Black man. Obviously disturbed by this, she called the air Hostess.
"Madam, what is the matter," the Hostess asked.
"You obviously do not see it then?" she responded.
"You placed me next to a Black man.
I do not agree to sit next to someone from such a repugnant group.
Give me an alternative seat."
"Be calm please, " the Hostess replied.
"Almost all the places on this flight are taken.
I will go to see if another seat is available."
The Hostess went away and then came back a few minutes later.
"Madam, just as I thought, there are no other available seats in the Economy class.
I spoke to the Captain and he informed me that there are also no seats in the Business class.
All the same, we still have one seat in the First class."
Before the woman could say anything, the Hostess continued:
"It is not usual for our company to permit someone from the Economy class to sit in the First class.
However, given the circumstances, the Captain feels that it would be scandalous to make someone sit next to someone so disgusting."
She turned to the Black guy, and said,%u201D Therefore, Sir, if you would like to, please collect your hand luggage, a seat awaits you in First class."
At that moment, the other passengers who were shocked by what they had just witnessed st
I will just paste a story The following scene took place on a BA flight between
Johannesburg and London.
This is a true story.
A White woman, about 50 years old, was seated next to a Black man. Obviously disturbed by this, she called the air Hostess.
"Madam, what is the matter," the Hostess asked.
"You obviously do not see it then?" she responded.
"You placed me next to a Black man.
I do not agree to sit next to someone from such a repugnant group.
Give me an alternative seat."
"Be calm please, " the Hostess replied.
"Almost all the places on this flight are taken.
I will go to see if another seat is available."
The Hostess went away and then came back a few minutes later.
"Madam, just as I thought, there are no other available seats in the Economy class.
I spoke to the Captain and he informed me that there are also no seats in the Business class.
All the same, we still have one seat in the First class."
Before the woman could say anything, the Hostess continued:
"It is not usual for our company to permit someone from the Economy class to sit in the First class.
However, given the circumstances, the Captain feels that it would be scandalous to make someone sit next to someone so disgusting."
She turned to the Black guy, and said,%u201D Therefore, Sir, if you would like to, please collect your hand luggage, a seat awaits you in First class."
At that moment, the other passengers who were shocked b
RE:RE:racism
by PARTHA PATHAK on Jul 10, 2007 04:03 PM Permalink
I know .I tried twice .May be space constraint .Just trying again in this block The following scene took place on a BA flight between
Johannesburg and London.
This is a true story.
A White woman, about 50 years old, was seated next to a Black man. Obviously disturbed by this, she called the air Hostess.
"Madam, what is the matter," the Hostess asked.
"You obviously do not see it then?" she responded.
"You placed me next to a Black man.
I do not agree to sit next to someone from such a repugnant group.
Give me an alternative seat."
"Be calm please, " the Hostess replied.
"Almost all the places on this flight are taken.
I will go to see if another seat is available."
The Hostess went away and then came back a few minutes later.
"Madam, just as I thought, there are no other available seats in the Economy class.
I spoke to the Captain and he informed me that there are also no seats in the Business class.
All the same, we still have one seat in the First class."
Before the woman could say anything, the Hostess continued:
"It is not usual for our company to permit someone from the Economy class to sit in the First class.
However, given the circumstances, the Captain feels that it would be scandalous to make someone sit next to someone so disgusting."
She turned to the Black guy, and said,%u201D Therefore, Sir, if you would like to, please collect your hand luggage, a seat awaits you in First class."
RE:RE:RE:racism
by PARTHA PATHAK on Jul 10, 2007 03:59 PM Permalink
No,same thing happening .Anyway story was almost over .I am pasting the unpasted portion She turned to the Black guy, and said,%u201D Therefore, Sir, if you would like to, please collect your hand luggage, a seat awaits you in First class."
At that moment, the other passengers who were shocked by what they had just witnessed stood up and applauded.
If you are against Racism, please send this message to all your friends. Please do not delete it without sending it to at least one person.
RE:racism
by Lucas on Jul 10, 2007 04:34 PM Permalink
This is yet another junk/spam mail...although the message is good, this is not a true story. u can chk it out at snopes.com, a popular website dedicated to determining the truth abt many urban legends/internet rumors, etc.
In india regionalism, castism, religionism = abroad racism. so all are same. north & south divide, hindu & muslim divide, upper caste and lower , dark and fair complexion, similarly, some kind of problem will be there everywhere too.
RE:In india regionalism, castism, religionism = abroad racism
by on Jul 10, 2007 02:50 PM Permalink
yes its correct , Indians do the most rascim look at karnatka somebody is lingyath caste or gowda will get everything here, this is worst hidden practice here .why we blame others lets clean ourself
RE:RE:Racism is human problem.
by Bhaskar N Parmar on Jul 10, 2007 02:58 PM Permalink
We should not have right to talk about the racism. first we have to remove castenism from our nation. we are not consider the the equal in our nation we are insulting to others and when some one from out side if they insulting us then there is nothing wrong.
