'I was humiliated in Peru because I'm Jamaican'

[evanovitch]

THE move by authorities to place tighter security at airports following a botched attempt by a bomber to blow up a US airliner on Christmas Day has already started to make air travel more burdensome for a number of persons, and one Jamaican who last Wednesday felt the full brunt of these restrictions has described the experience as her worst ever.

Yenique Chance, a former student who went to Peru on a six-month Spanish course, last week said that not only was she humiliated at the Lima Airport in Peru, <span style="font-weight: bold">but airport authorities told her that the treatment meted out to her was because she was Jamaican.</span>
&quot;I was travelling through the Lima Airport on my way to Panama to come back to Jamaica and it was the worst experience of my life,&quot; said the student.

Chance said that the moment airport officials identified her passport she was singled out.

&quot;I was taken out of the line and my baggage thrown around while I was abused and treated badly,&quot; said Chance, who added that the moment she started to cry airport officials began laughing at her.

&quot;I was humiliated. They took me out of the line, destroyed some of my documents and when I asked why, they said that the fact that I was Jamaican and also it was the first [time] they were seeing someone from the country coming to Cusco where I was staying,&quot; Chance said.

Questions e-mailed to Peru's honorary consul relating to the incident and restrictions implemented at the Lima Airport were not answered up to press time.

The new security restrictions implemented at a number of airports have resulted in passengers facing longer lines at checkpoints and less freedom to move around aircraft during flight.

[sistactry]

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me never read this, but i just hearing the lady on the phone with Perkins talking about what happened to her in Peru, sooo sad eh???

she said her return ticket was taken from her and on her return she come to find out she no have no ticket fe go home~~ i could blame her, but they purposely detained her, harrassed her, and poor thing had to run to ketch her plane~~

wow~~

[Yuriatin]

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She speaks 6 languages she said.

Also said she's going to sue.

Not sure how successful that suit would be tho - they'll just claim they were doing their job and it'd be he said she said on the discriminatory comment.

SistaCry - did she sound at all intelligible to you?

I'm not talking about her story or anything - I'm not doubting her story at all.

I'm just saying - in listening to her - did she sound very together to you?

[sistactry]

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waaiiiieee, arrite, mek me tap laaf~~

she sound excited, she sounded very excited, like how could this happen to me, but i mean, it wasnt today, so by now, you would have think she calmed down, but then again, i suppose talking about it, can get u excited again~~

[Yuriatin]

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<span style="font-style: italic">No man</span> - ah nuh dii excitement mi talkin'.

Settin nay rite wid dah gyaal yah - she nay soun' too rightid.

Can't put my finger on it - she kinda sounded like a little kid - like a high schooler or somehting - kinda immature - nay soun' like nuh big ooman atall.

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: SistaCtry</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> waaiiiieee, arrite, mek me tap laaf~~

she sound excited, she sounded very excited, like how could this happen to me, but i mean, it wasnt today, so by now, you would have think she calmed down, but then again, i suppose talking about it, can get u excited again~~

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[j-kid]

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<span style="font-size: 14pt">I wanda if mi can afford fi buy wan amphibious cyar?</span>



Dis ah get way outa hand man!

Cho, it ah get too aggravating fi fly, as mi sey earlier, Rental Car Co. should bi doing ah booming business bout now.

[Dr.Dudd]

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The socalled woman is all of 16 years old. that was on an exchange program. <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Yuri_</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><span style="font-style: italic">No man</span> - ah nuh dii excitement mi talkin'.

Settin nay rite wid dah gyaal yah - she nay soun' too rightid.

Can't put my finger on it - she kinda sounded like a little kid - like a high schooler or somehting - kinda immature - nay soun' like nuh big ooman atall.

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: SistaCtry</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> waaiiiieee, arrite, mek me tap laaf~~

she sound excited, she sounded very excited, like how could this happen to me, but i mean, it wasnt today, so by now, you would have think she calmed down, but then again, i suppose talking about it, can get u excited again~~

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[evanovitch]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Dr.Dudd</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><span style="font-weight: bold">The socalled woman is all of 16 years old. that was on an exchange program.</span> <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Yuri_</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><span style="font-style: italic">No man</span> - ah nuh dii excitement mi talkin'.

Settin nay rite wid dah gyaal yah - she nay soun' too rightid.

Can't put my finger on it - she kinda sounded like a little kid - like a high schooler or somehting - kinda immature - nay soun' like nuh big ooman atall.

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: SistaCtry</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> waaiiiieee, arrite, mek me tap laaf~~

she sound excited, she sounded very excited, like how could this happen to me, but i mean, it wasnt today, so by now, you would have think she calmed down, but then again, i suppose talking about it, can get u excited again~~

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n ur pint is?????

[Boricua_papi]

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Never liked Peruvians.

[FrenchTickla]

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weh did deh bredda? dem let you out pon payroll?

good fi see u around agen altho mi neva used to talk to u

[Derek]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: evanovitch</div><div class="ubbcode-body">one Jamaican who last Wednesday felt the full brunt of these restrictions has described the experience as her worst ever.

Yenique Chance, a former student who went to Peru on a six-month Spanish course, last week said that not only was she humiliated at the Lima Airport in Peru, <span style="font-weight: bold">but airport authorities told her that the treatment meted out to her was because she was Jamaican.</span>

Chance said that the moment airport officials identified her passport she was singled out.

&quot;I was taken out of the line and my baggage thrown around while I was abused and treated badly,&quot; said Chance, who added that the moment she started to cry airport officials began laughing at her.

&quot;I was humiliated. They took me out of the line, destroyed some of my documents and when I asked why, they said that the fact that I was Jamaican


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What did I say just 2 days ago before I was laughed at?

[Nunya]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: evanovitch</div><div class="ubbcode-body">
n ur pint is????? </div></div>

I think his point is that the person in question is in fact a child - just like Yuri had thought.

[Dr.Dudd]

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Peru is not a real country. It is an American industrial farm,with a flag and an anthem.<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Derek</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: evanovitch</div><div class="ubbcode-body">one Jamaican who last Wednesday felt the full brunt of these restrictions has described the experience as her worst ever.

Yenique Chance, a former student who went to Peru on a six-month Spanish course, last week said that not only was she humiliated at the Lima Airport in Peru, <span style="font-weight: bold">but airport authorities told her that the treatment meted out to her was because she was Jamaican.</span>

Chance said that the moment airport officials identified her passport she was singled out.

&quot;I was taken out of the line and my baggage thrown around while I was abused and treated badly,&quot; said Chance, who added that the moment she started to cry airport officials began laughing at her.

&quot;I was humiliated. They took me out of the line, destroyed some of my documents and when I asked why, they said that the fact that I was Jamaican


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What did I say just 2 days ago before I was laughed at?
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[sistactry]

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ohhh so Yuri had a point there, and that was also what i picked up on too, but it just sounded 'excited' to me, poor thing, she must have been devastated by them crappy behaviour and total disrespect~~

[Tuff Gong]

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Why would a civilized Jamaican go to Peru to study?