Israeli airport security officers made an African American member of the New York-based Alvin Ailey dance troupe perform steps for them before letting him enter the country, the group said on Tuesday.
He was pulled aside from the rest of the troupe on arrival at Israel's Ben Gurion airport and taken to a room where he was questioned by the security officers, said a spokesman for the group.
"They asked him who he was and what he does and also about his name. He showed them the group's program with his picture and said he was a dancer," the spokesman said.
"The officers then told him, 'If you are a dancer, then dance', so he showed them some dance moves."
oh by the way ... his name is Abdur-Rahim Jackson ... suddenly the story makes a lot more sense ...
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It might make some sense but later the dancer reported that he had a great time in Israel and wasn;t shacked by the airport incident
well im not surprised .. the article mentions his wife is jewish and has family in israel so .. which makes what happened to him all the more ironic i guess o_0
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