Originally Posted by
jphripjah
What about when they ask me, a white male, detailed questions about what I was doing in Latin America and why I went there and who paid for me trip? Is that racist and sexist prejudice? Or they ask to look at photos of my trip to Cambodia so see if there is kiddie porn? Is that racist and sexist prejudice? These constant allegations or racism and sexism, unsupported by any evidence, whenever a woman or minority are investigated are quite silly.
The allegations and even appropriate acknowledgement of racism and sexism are constant when supported by evidence -- they are anything but silly. They should be taken seriously and addressed to make sure all US citizens are and/or will be treated equally on bases free of racist and/or sexist stereotypes.
When the CBP assumption is that seemingly ethnic European males visiting Latin America or Cambodia are doing so for purposes of child pornography and/or child prostitution, it's generally a sexist and racist assumption too. It's not silly.