"WE Are NOT #pushovers, " Says Shilpa Shetty As She Faces Racism Yet Again

Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty faced racism yet again. The actress who was travelling to Melbourne, Austrailia faced racism wherein she was ill-treated and talked back to by an employee at the luggage counter that represented the airlines that she was travelling with. The issue started with the employee asking Shetty to check her luggage into the counter for overweight luggage despite her duffle bag not being overweight.  

The 'Life In A...Metro' actress took to her Instagram account, to bring the incident to the notice of the airline company, asking them to not take "brown" people for granted, stating that they are not "pushovers". Shilpa called out the woman behind the counter for being rude and racial the actions of whom caused the actress a lot of inconveniences. 

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Taking to Instagram, posting a picture of the bag in question, the actress in a lengthy post said, "Subject: #Quantas airways @qantas 
This should get your attention!
Travelling from Sydney to Melbourne and at the check in counter met a grumpy #Mel ( that’s her name)who decided it was “OK” to speak curtly to “US” ( Brown people!!) travelling together ,I was flying business and had 2 bags (my allowance)and she insisted and decided my half empty Duffel bag was oversized( to check in!!) So she sent us to check it in at the other counter dealing with “Oversized luggage” ..there a Polite lady(yes this one was) said ..”this ISN’T an oversized bag, pls check this in manually if u can at another counter” ( all this happening while the counter is going to shut in 5 mins) As the manual check in wasn’t going thru for 5 mins( we tried) I went upto #Mel and requested her to put the bag thru as her colleague said it wasn’t an oversized bag.. She refused again.. Just being adamant especially when I told her this is causing a lot of inconvenience .. We had no time to waste so we ran to the oversized baggage counter and requested her to put the bag through which she did after I told her that #Rude #Mel had issues !!!.... to which another colleague joined in an reiterated my duffle wasn’t oversized and could’ve easily been checked in.
The point is .. This piece is only for #quantas airlines to know and take cognisance .. that their staff must be taught to be helpful and TONE can’t change with preference to #COLOUR ."WE" are NOT #pushovers and they MUST know that being #callous and #Rude will NOT BE TOLERATED 🙏✋🏼💔. Ps: Please tell me if that bag in the picture is oversized??!! @australia @visitmelbourne @travel #truthmustbetold #bemused #uncalledfor #standup #equality #whatswrongisnotright #instapic #travelwoes #shocking #nightmare".

Take a look at her post here:

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This is not the first time that Shilpa Shetty has faced racism. The actress who was a part of the fourth season of UK based television reality show 'Celebrity Big Brother' was subjected to fellow contestant Jade Goody's racial slur. The controversy spread like wildfire which resulting in Goody apologising for her comments regarding Shilpa after she was evicted from the show. Shilpa Shetty went on to win the season of 'Celebrity Big Brother' and eventually forgave Goody.