UC Irvine Professor Endures Racist Travel Nightmare
Before this weekend’s New York City blizzard, there was last weekend’s London, England snow storm, which turned into a whiteout of a whole different sort for author and distinguished 72-year-old UC Irvine professor Ngugi wa Thiong’o (pictured).
Returning to LA via London on December 18th from the Kwani Literary Festival in Nairobi, Kenya, Thiong’o was diverted to Lyon, France. While the rest of the Virgin Atlantic flight passengers were shuttled off to a complimentary hotel, Thiong’o writes that he and all other Kenyan passport holders were escorted by armed guard to an airport building, where they were locked in.
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