Originally Posted by
shuly
A white man walks into an aircraft and realizes he is seated next to a black person. He explains to the flight attendant that he does not wish to sit next to black people. The flight attendant then politely asks the black person whether she'd be willing to move to a different, better seat. She agrees, and everybody is happy.
An Arab man walks into an aircraft and realizes he is seated next to a Jew. He explains to the flight attendant that he does not wish to sit next to jewish people. The flight attendant then politely asks the Jew whether she'd be willing to move to a different, better seat. She agrees, and everybody is happy.
It would only be discrimination if either the white man or the Jew said they wanted to remain in the seat that they have but were required to move anyhow.
Imagine this scenario:
Rosa Parks gets on the bus, sits down in front next to a white man, and the white man objects.
The bus driver asks Mrs. Parks if she is willing to move to the back of the bus. She refuses. The bus driver then tells the white man that he has the choice of looking for a different seat, continue to sitting next to Mrs. Parks, or getting off the bus and walking to wherever he wants to go.
If that had happened, there never would have been the bus boycott (or the need for one) in Montgomery, Alabama.