DALLAS WITH WOMAN AFRO DETAINED BY TSA

Hairstylist Isis Brantley was rocking her fro in Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson Airport, enroute to Dallas, Texas, when she was stopped by Transportation Security Administration (TSA) agents so they could search her afro:

“I just heard these voices saying, ‘Hey you, hey you, ma’am, stop. Stop — the lady with the hair, you,” Brantley told Dallas NBC affiliate, KXAS. Brantley stood there “humiliated” as a female TSA agent began “digging through her scalp.”

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Interesting story, but the gist of this reporting seems to be that this hairstylist was singled out because she is black and wearing an afro. We all know that people of color are generally singled out more by TSA and police. But I would imagine Isis was singled out because she had hair large enough to conceal a weapon--just as I would be if I traveled in enormous wigs. Or a huge hat. Or maybe the TSA staff had seen this clip from Coffy in which razor blades are concealed in an afro.