Shilpa
Shetty
faces
RACISM
at
Sydney
airport;
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Shilpa
Shetty
recently
alleged
that
she
faced
an
unpleasant
experience
for
being
"brown"
at
the
Sydney
airport
over
her
cabin
luggage.
Upset
by
an
official
who
was
curt,
she
says
people's
tone
must
not
change
with
preference
to
color.
The
actress
who
dealt
with
racism
in
2007
when
she
was
a
contestant
on
the
fifth
season
of
the
British
reality
show
"Celebrity
Big
Brother"
-
which
she
went
on
to
win
-
faced
the
latest
experience
while
boarding
a
plane
for
Melbourne
from
Sydney.
She
later
took
to
Instagram
to
share
the
ordeal
with
a
Qantas
Airways
lady
staff
member
over
a
cabin
luggage,
which
was
deemed
as
'oversized' at
the
check-in
counter.
Shilpa
Narrated
How
She
Was
Called
Out
For
Being
Brown-Skinned
A
furious
Shilpa
wrote,
"At
the
check-in
counter,
met
a
grumpy
Mel
(that's
her
name)
who
decided
it
was
'okay'
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.'
She
Refused
To
Listen
To
Shilpa
"There
a
polite
lady
(yes
this
one
was)
said,
'This
is
not
an
oversized
bag,
please
check
this
in
manually
if
you
can
at
another
counter'
(all
this
happening
while
the
counter
is
going
to
shut
in
five
minutes).
"As
the
manual
check-in
wasn't
going
through
for
five
minutes
(we
tried),
I
went
upto
Mel
and
requested
her
to
put
the
bag
through
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."
'Another
Colleague
Joined
In
&
Reiterated
My
Duffle'
"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
and
reiterated
my
duffle
wasn't
oversized
and
could've
easily
been
checked
in."
Shilpa
Blasts
The
Airlines
For
Their
Rude
Behaviour
"Their
staff
must
be
taught
to
be
helpful
and
tone
can't
change
with
preference
to
color.
'We' are
not
pushovers
and
they
must
know
that
being
callous
and
rude
will
not
be
tolerated,"
she
added.
Along
with
the
note,
Shilpa
also
posted
a
picture
of
her
bag
and
asked
her
followers
"whether
it
is
oversized
or
not."