Shilpa Shetty faces racism due to ‘brown skin’ at Sydney airport

Facing racism at international airports is not a new story. Passengers often become victims of harsh behaviour due to their colour, and it’s not any different for the celebrities too. Recently, Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty ended up becoming a victim of racism in Australia.

In her latest post on Instagram, the 43-year-old actress allegedly claimed that she was harassed because of her “brown” skin at the Sydney airport. Shilpa shared the picture of the duffle bag she was carrying, which triggered the racist incident.

“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!!),” she wrote along with the picture.

The Dhadkan star went on to narrate the whole incident on Instagram: “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.”

 

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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

Previously, Shilpa faced racist behaviour in Britain’s popular reality TV show Celebrity Big Brother in which she had participated in 2007. Shetty was referred to as “the Indian” by a fellow contestant named Jade Goody.