"This is nothing new to me, as I’m a brown dude who flies quite often and these types of extra screening and searchings are regular occurrences," wrote Jasmeet Singh, who is famous by the name of Jus Reign on social media. But he was taken aback when the authorities at the San Francisco airport asked him to remove his turban despite him explaining how it's a time-consuming process to untie a turban and then tie again. Moreover, they refused to provide him with a mirror to tie his turban after the security check. In fact, he was asked "to walk down the nearest bathroom at the other end of the terminal, in public," without his turban on. Singh was essentially disappointed with the insensitivity towards another culture that the authorities exhibited, not that he had to follow the 'protocol'. He says the turban "is a sign of royalty, respect, dignity, courage and has a huge significance for my people" and "the issue isn’t JUST with the fact that I was asked to remove the turban (however silly it still is) but with the lack of respect and insensitivity when I asked for a simple request like a mirror to tie it back on again." He took to Twitter and Instagram to share the incident. so the @tsa made me take off my turban in extra screening or they said I wouldn't be able to be let through to catch my flight — Jasmeet Singh (@JusReign) February 22, 2016 after finding absolutely nothing wrong because a turban is just cloth and the whole thing is stupid I ask for a mirror to tie it back again — Jasmeet Singh (@JusReign) February 22, 2016 the agent tells me there are no mirrors and that I can just walk down the terminal to the nearest restroom 😶😶😶 without my turban on 😶😶😶 — Jasmeet Singh (@JusReign) February 22, 2016 Singh believes he was lucky to have been able to share the incident and voice his opinion on the matter. "I can only imagine how many others have gone through this embarrassing ordeal and not had the proper means to share their story. It's scary," he wrote later, criticising the political climate in USA. And this is what Transport Security Administration (TSA) tweeted later. "Travel Tips In Over 140 Characters: Traveling While Wearing a Turban," they wrote which was shared by Singh. "This is insult to injury," replied one of the users on his shared tweet. .@AskTSA Travel Tips In Over 140 Characters: Traveling While Wearing a Turban — TSA (@TSA) February 23, 2016
