Showing posts with label Abdur Rahim Jackson. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Abdur Rahim Jackson. Show all posts

Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Alvin Ailey Dancer Forced To Perform To Enter Israel



New York Dancer Abdur-Rahim Jackson was singled out by Israeli airport security upon arrival in Tel Aviv this past weekend, and was told to perform during an interrogation. Jackson, a dancer with the Alvin Ailey dance company, was travelling with the rest of the dance troupe for a scheduled performance in the Country.

See story from Reuters, and the New York Daily News.

This annoys me not only because of the racial profiling, but because I know that billions of dollars of American tax money is given to Israel each year.