SOS: A letter to Trip Adviser

"I mentioned my race because middle-aged white women get mugged, too, as we are perceived as being weak and an easy target.

Please don't wear the colour of your skin as your God-given right to be afraid of everything that moves.

Your position of "those <insert group> will beat me up because I'm Chinese" is just as ethnophobic as "let's beat him up because he's Chinese".

There are hundreds of thousands of Asian (and white and black and brown and red and yellow and every color of the human rainbow) people in Paris every single day -- and nearly 100% of them get through their day without incident. Don't assume that you're so special that you'll be singled out."

-Sunshine 817 on Trip Adviser

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https://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowTopic-g187147-i14-k9783303-Missing_a_plane_flight_from_or_to_Paris_CDG-Paris_Ile_de_France.html#77457172

   

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When I read the above comment, I immediately felt sick to my stomach.  I did not go back to the TA site for almost week, by which time the thread had been closed.

But the feeling of being disrespected, openly ridiculed, and treated with condescension had not diminished at all.  Repeated attempts to either (1) remove the above comment and (2) to provide a reply were all rejected.  This meant that the insulting, contemptuous, racist post above has remained on my original thread with the more than just the tacit approval of Trip Adviser.

In fact, an entire thread on "Safety of Chinese in Paris" (35 posts) was removed after the third attempt to step up to the plate and address this woman's racist tirade.



TA is aware of the pain these words have caused me but chosen not only to defend them but to, inexplicably, retaliate against me.

I tried, in vain, to end the pain by canceling my account and erasing any trace of what by now what amounted to a public whipping/humiliation with strong racist overtones.

I cannot and will not be part of  or participate in an organization which goes against what I consider whatever one might wish to call it:  The Golden Rule, the Judaeo-Christian tradition, the Rights of Man, the basic, innate dignity of an individual...

The TA site stated if I clicked on a certain box declaring my intention to do so, my account would be canceled.  This, in fact, did not happen and hours passed before I message back from TA giving me "permission" to do so, but only on their terms (my posts would remain their property, etc.)

I cannot do this alone.

Dear J. (Trip Adviser representative):

I am considering taking imminent legal action against Trip Adviser for  on its online site allowing racial harassment and denigration, as well as patterns of racial discrimination and preferential treatment of customers based on race, income, perhaps even age, and other factors that has resulted in psychological damage and social humiliation, as I could find no other possible explanation for what ensued after I was not so subtly attacked on the Trip Adviser  forum about 10 days ago.

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I would not considering such action unless I felt very strongly about this.

Trip Adviser clearly has an obligation to its members and the wider public to ensure and not block open discussion of personal safety, especially in the context of international travel these days. 

Maximizing the bottom line for a business should not come at the expense of jeopardizing the health and safety of Americans.
My doctor , associates, family, and friends would be able to provide evidence therein.

In order to substantiate my allegations.I would be suing Travel Adviser as well, to obtain intentionally removed and/or withheld postings, documents, and other pertinent information, whether or not they have been destroyed or tampered with.

Any help in contact others who feel that have been treated in similar manner would be greatly appreciated.

Recommendations for individuals with legal expertise and experience in this area would also be

Seated figure of Buddha in the pose of Turning the Wheel of the Law, Gupta dynasty (320-6th c. C.E., Sarnath, Archaeological Museum.  

May my words benefit all sentient beings, especially those mistreated, scapegoated, or treated unfairly, wherever they may be.

"Ex praeterito/ praesens prudenter agit/ ni futura actione deturpet." 

"When a man takes an oath, Meg, he's holding his own self in his own hands. Like water. And if he opens his fingers then — he needn't hope to find himself again."  -Sir Thomas More in Robert Bolt's play A Man for All Seasons.

 Hans Holbein the Younger, Portrait of Sir Thomas More

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