TSA Passenger Screening Policies TSA Still Searches Black Women's Hair Dorian Wanzer travels frequently for work. And almost every time she steps out of an airport body scanner, security screeners pull her aside and run their fingers through her hair. It’s called a hair pat-down. “It happens with my natural Afro, when I have braids or two-strand twists. Regardless,” said Wanzer, who lives in Washington, D.C. “At this point in my life I have come to expect it, but that doesn’t make it any less invasive and frustrating.” Wanzer, who had her hair patted down by Transportation Security Administration officers two weeks ago while she flew home from Raleigh, North Carolina, said she feels singled out when she is asked to step aside. “When you find yourself in that kind of situation, it makes you wonder,” Wanzer said. “Is this for security, or am I being profiled for my race?” The House Homeland Security Committee held a hearing to examine Transportation Security Administration (TSA) screening policies and allegations of racial profiling. Among the witnesses were Government Accountability Office (GAO) Homeland Security Acting Director William Russell along with leaders from the Sikh Coalition and the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund. Mr. Russell said that between October 2015 and February 2018, TSA received about 3,700 passenger screening-related complaints alleging civil rights and civil liberties violations. In addition, he urged TSA to improve its oversight of behavior detection activities related to profiling https://www.theroot.com/racial-profiling-or-nah-tsa-scanners-are-singling-out-1834164809 ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAYbtTNFGa4

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