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Absolute nightmare of an experience at Brussels airport passport control. Likely getting profiled because the birthplace on my French passport says Turkey and the chip isn’t working (which is why I was in the manual control lane to begin with).

The joys of being white passing in racist countries. You’re fine until they see you might be a bit too Brown inside.

Now sitting in a room with other Brown and Black folks, waiting (and they have my passport).

Mister Wanko

@aral If it's all Turkish people, couldn't it be political rather than racial?

@MisterWanko I’m a French citizen. The two you women at Belgian citizens. Unless Belgium has a political problem with Belgium and France, it’s racial.

I didn’t think this would require clarification.

@aral @MisterWanko

Could be intel of a poss threat coming from or through Turkey - they don’t normally make that info public

@NAFO5IX @MisterWanko I wondered that too and asked him that directly. He said no, it was because a plane from Turkey had landed at the same time.

@aral it I don't agree with your reasoning or conclusions, so I'll just part ways here.

@MisterWanko @aral

That was my first thought : something is up and they are on a higher threat level because of it.

Or maybe I’m just naive 🤷‍♂️

Either is possible