“I do not want to be humiliated or racially discriminated against anymore at these airports.”
“I got detained,” Andre told followers.
They are searching Black, Brown, and Indigenous people."
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“I don’t feel safe in the Melbourne airport.
I do not want to be humiliated or racially discriminated against anymore at these airports,” Andre said.
I shouldn’t be made to feel that I am unaccepted by entering a country."
He added, Shame on the people at the Melbourne Airport that have this cockamamie procedure.
I doubt it yields any safer world for anyone in Melbourne or Australia.
We welcome all passengers to Melbourne, and we expect everyone to be treated equally."
Qantas Airlines declined to comment and representatives for Andre did not immediately respond to EW’s requests.
This is not the first time Andre has experienced discrimination while traveling.
The lawsuit was dismissed, and in January, Andre and English filed an appeal.
“It’s not an isolated incident.”
