After tackling the racism row in Celebrity Big Brother, Shilpa Shetty faces discrimination on the basis of her colour at the Sydney airport

While Shilpa did get to catch the flight that she was supposed to take, the hassle was surely completely uncalled for

Shilpa Shetty has never shied away from speaking her mind. In fact, during her stint on Celebrity Big Brother 5, in 2007, she was quite vocal when she felt that her fellow housemates were making racist remarks against her. She went on to win the show eventually and those involved in passing snide remarks against her, had to pay the price in the form of no endorsements and also, later, apologise to her. Well, the world had applauded her then and the world is taking note of her again now, when she is making a point about the racism she faced at an airport.

Shilpa took to her Instagram to share an account of a racist incident. Shilpa was travelling from Sydney to Melbourne when, at the check in counter of the airlines she was flying in, she faced what she termed to be racism. According to her, the employee behaved difficult with her because she was brown. Check out the whole post here:

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Subject: #Qantas airways @qantas This should get your attention! Travelling from Sydney to Melbourne and 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!!) travelling together ,I was flying business and had 2 bags (my allowance)and she insisted and decided my half empty Duffel bag was oversized( to check in!!) So she sent us to check it in at the other counter dealing with “Oversized luggage” ..there a Polite lady(yes this one was) said ..”this ISN’T an oversized bag, pls check this in manually if u can at another counter” ( all this happening while the counter is going to shut in 5 mins) As the manual check in wasn’t going thru for 5 mins( we tried) I went upto #Mel and requested her to put the bag thru 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 .. We had no time to waste so we ran to the oversized baggage counter and requested her to put the bag through which she did after I told her that #Rude #Mel had issues !!!.... to which another colleague joined in an reiterated my duffle wasn’t oversized and could’ve easily been checked in. The point is .. This piece is only for #quantas airlines to know and take cognisance .. that their staff must be taught to be helpful and TONE can’t change with preference to #COLOUR .”WE” are NOT #pushovers and they MUST know that being #callous and #Rude will NOT BE TOLERATED ?✋??. Ps: Please tell me if that bag in the picture is oversized??!! @australia @visitmelbourne @travel #truthmustbetold #bemused #uncalledfor #standup #equality #whatswrongisnotright #instapic #travelwoes #shocking #nightmare #notcool

A post shared by Shilpa Shetty Kundra (@theshilpashetty) on Sep 22, 2018 at 6:37pm PDT

Well, while Shilpa did get to catch the flight that she was supposed to take, the hassle was surely completely uncalled for. And if it indeed was a case of a racist approach then we hope, for everyone's sake, that action is taken against the person concerned. After all, no one should be discriminated upon.

At a time when the world is becoming smaller by the day, thanks to technology, and the borders are diminishing, with everyone being able to communicate with everyone, such a myopic view of things is certainly a deterrent to the larger picture.

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