{"id":56675,"date":"2018-09-29T20:27:53","date_gmt":"2018-09-30T03:27:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/?p=56675"},"modified":"2018-09-29T20:27:53","modified_gmt":"2018-09-30T03:27:53","slug":"shilpa-shetty-faces-racism-at-sydney-airport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/shilpa-shetty-faces-racism-at-sydney-airport\/","title":{"rendered":"Shilpa Shetty Faces Racism at Sydney Airport"},"content":{"rendered":"

Shilpa Shetty in New Delhi, Sept. 18. (Ravi Choudhary\/PTI)<\/em><\/p>\n

Shilpa Shetty called out an Australian airline staff, Sept. 23, for alleged racist behavior, saying color of a customer cannot decide treatment meted out to them.<\/p>\n

The actor, who was traveling from Sydney to Melbourne, shared the incident on Instagram in a lengthy post.<\/p>\n

“… At the check-in counter met a grumpy #Mel (that’s her name) who decided it was ‘OK’ to speak curtly to ‘US’ (brown people!) traveling together, I was flying business and had two bags (my allowance) and she insisted and decided my half empty Duffel bag was oversized (to check in!),” Shilpa wrote.<\/p>\n

The actor said she contacted the counter dealing with “oversized luggage,” where the staff told her to check in the bag manually.<\/p>\n

“As the manual check-in wasn’t going through for five minutes (we tried) I went upto #Mel and requested her to put the bag through as her colleague said it wasn’t an oversized bag. She refused again. Just being adamant especially when I told her this is causing a lot of inconvenience,” she added.<\/p>\n

Shilpa said as they did not have time to waste, they took the luggage to the oversized baggage counter and requested the staff to put the bag through.<\/p>\n

Other staff reiterated the bag was not “oversized” and could have easily been checked in.<\/p>\n

“The point is… This piece is only for #quantas airlines to know and take cognizance… That their staff must be taught to be helpful and TONE can’t change with preference to #COLOR. ‘WE’ are NOT #pushovers and they MUST know that being #callous and #Rude will NOT BE TOLERATED,” she concluded.<\/p>\n

The actor also shared her picture with the bag asking if it appeared “oversized.”<\/p>\n

Shilpa also faced racism in the year 2007 when she participated in the British reality show “Celebrity Big Brother.” She was declared the winner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Shilpa Shetty in New Delhi, Sept. 18. (Ravi Choudhary\/PTI) Shilpa Shetty called out an Australian airline staff, Sept. 23, for alleged racist behavior, saying color of a customer cannot decide treatment meted out to them. The actor, who was traveling from Sydney to Melbourne, shared the incident on Instagram in a lengthy post. “… At…<\/p>\n

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