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07-14-2016, 12:45 PM
Sikh man alleges racism after being ******* from a queue at Wimbledon
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A Sikh man was ******* from an overnight queue to watch the Wimbledon because he made people around him "uncomfortable". The unnamed tennis lover then took to Facebook to speak out against the incident, which he described as "post-Brexit racism".
SEE ALSO: Indian-American actor Waris Ahluwalia barred from boarding flight for wearing turban (http://mashable.com/2016/02/09/waris-ahluwalia-aeromexico-barred/?utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=)
In his Facebook-post, the man wrote that he was "kicked out of the overnight camping line for centre court Wimbledon line 'because you make some people around you uncomfortable, so we're gonna have to report you and ask you to leave immediately, sir'".
He was eventually allowed to re-enter the ground after getting into the queue again after a few hours.*He also made an official complaint.*"All I wanted was to peacefully chill and patiently await an opportunity to re-enter the hallowed grounds and see the decorated surface while Roger and Milos scamper and glide across it," he wrote. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/07/14/sikh-man-wimbledon-queue/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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A Sikh man was ******* from an overnight queue to watch the Wimbledon because he made people around him "uncomfortable". The unnamed tennis lover then took to Facebook to speak out against the incident, which he described as "post-Brexit racism".
SEE ALSO: Indian-American actor Waris Ahluwalia barred from boarding flight for wearing turban (http://mashable.com/2016/02/09/waris-ahluwalia-aeromexico-barred/?utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=)
In his Facebook-post, the man wrote that he was "kicked out of the overnight camping line for centre court Wimbledon line 'because you make some people around you uncomfortable, so we're gonna have to report you and ask you to leave immediately, sir'".
He was eventually allowed to re-enter the ground after getting into the queue again after a few hours.*He also made an official complaint.*"All I wanted was to peacefully chill and patiently await an opportunity to re-enter the hallowed grounds and see the decorated surface while Roger and Milos scamper and glide across it," he wrote. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/07/14/sikh-man-wimbledon-queue/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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