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Old Sep 5, 2014 | 8:32 am
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Originally Posted by mike2200
No where in the two articles posted by OP does it describe the passenger as "brown" it states he is "African descent"

Which is a region not a color, just as if it was stated he was North American. does that define a color for someone's skin?(besides why does that matter??)
^ Not just the point you make, but the fact that he had been taken off the plane in handcuffs, apparently following some kind of scuffle. I don't care if he was turquoise with green stripes, that would make me nervous if he was let back on the plane.
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