Social media calls out Alaska Air for ‘racial profiling’ Khabib Nurmagomedov

Was Khabib Nurmagomedov’s elimination from a Las Vegas to Los Angeles flight a misunderstanding or had been there racist components to the incident?

That’s the controversy that’s going round on-line in locations like Fb, Instagram, and X (previously Twitter), the place Nurmagomedov followers are accusing Alaska Airways workers of tossing the UFC nice from the flight as a result of he’s Muslim.

Footage of Nurmagomedov being requested to go away the aircraft after refusing to surrender his seat within the emergency aisle confirmed up early this morning (Solar. Jan. twelfth). In it, you possibly can hear Khabib arguing with an worker over whether or not he ought to have to change seats.

“It’s not honest,” Khabib says.

“It’s honest,” the worker responds. “But it surely’s additionally off of [the flight attendant’s] judgment. I’m not going to do that backwards and forwards. I’m going to name a supervisor, you possibly can change your seat or we will go forward and escort you off the aircraft.”

Nurmagomedov could be taken off the aircraft, main some on social media to say he was unfairly handled.

“Khabib faraway from a aircraft?” one X consumer tweeted. “It appears even some of the well-known Muslims on the earth couldn’t escape racial profiling in America. It doesn’t matter what “standing” you may have. F**ok Alaska Air.”

“Let me guess this straight: Khabib was assigned the seat that helps the passengers incase of an emergency, which he agreed to do,” one other consumer tweeted. “BUT some random feminine passenger complained he didn’t converse sufficient English to do that job? And so they kicked him off?”

“Some Karens had been uncomfortable with a Russian Muslim man with a beard sitting on the emergency exit door,” one wrote on YouTube.

“Khabib ultimately understood the request and obliged, however that they had already profiled him smh,” an X consumer posted. “I’ve seen an Italian with worse English than Khabib sit within the emergency and no one minded.”

It’s unattainable for us to know precisely what occurred primarily based on a boiled down clip of the incident, however preliminary stories had the flight attendant asking Nurmagomedov whether or not he was prepared and able to helping flight crew with the emergency exit. He reportedly didn’t perceive what they requested him, which appears a bit sus however okay.

If the flight attendant is worried the passenger within the emergency exit row isn’t going to grasp them in an emergency, they’re going to turf them out of that seat. With all of the Boeing incidents lately, they’re not seeking to take probabilities in relation to having somebody unresponsive within the emergency row.

What do you suppose, Maniacs? Was Khabib handled unfairly? Hold forth within the feedback beneath!