'People With Passports Like Yours': Kumar Sangakkara Details Racist Attack In Dublin (BCCI/IPL)
\n\nKumar Sangakkara has revealed the shocking racist incident he and his family faced in Dublin. The Sri Lanka great and Rajasthan Royals head coach left the cricket fraternity in shock after he revealed that he faced discriminatory and threatening behaviour from Ryanair gate personnel in Dublin, calling the behaviour unacceptable and shocking.
\n\n“Has anyone experienced discriminatory gate personnel @Ryanair in Dublin? I, with my family, just did and it was shocking. The tone of address and the mishandling of procedure and threatening behavior. Unacceptable for any passenger. First bad experience in Dublin,” Sangakkara posted on X.
\n\nSangakkara's post, however, got a reply from twitter user from Dublin, who defended the personnel's behaviour towards him, saying that not recognising someone's status and treating everyone exactly the same is not a form of discrimination.
\n\n"Treating everyone exactly the same isn't discrimination, even if someone accustomed to special privileges feels slighted by it. Not recognising someone's status is just neutrality. A wise man once said, when people get used to preferential treatment, equal treatment feels like discrimination. Ryanair don’t promise frills," she replied.
\n\nThe response forced Sangakkara to detail the…
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