the transportation security administration will 'enhance' officer training for hair pat downs after  complaints that african american women  were being racially targeted for unnecessary screenings new training will commence at los angeles international airport, one of the airports named in the complaint filed by the american civil liberties union the complaint was filed on behalf of malaika singleton, who said she was subjected to a hair pat down with weeks of each other while traveling from los angeles to london in december 2013 the transportation security administration will 'enhance' officer training for hair pat downs after complaints that african american women were being racially targeted for unnecessary screenings (file photo) according to an aclu statement, tsa agents grabbed singleton's hair, which was styled in tightly wound 'sisterlocks,' and proceeded to 'squeeze it from top to bottom' at lax airport singleton's hair was patted down again two weeks later during a layover at minneapolis international airport and, once again, nothing was found new training will commence at los angeles international airport, one of the airports named in the complaint filed by the american civil liberties union  'the humiliating experience on countless black women who are routinely targeted for hair pat downs because their hair is 'different' is not only wrong, but also a great misuse of tsa agents' time and resources,' novella coleman, singleton's aclu attorney, said in a statement in a letter sent to coleman, the tsa said the re training will stress 'race neutrality', and that a special emphasis will be placed on the 'hair patdowns of african american female travelers' tsa said the administration will also track of pat down complaints filed by african american women throughout the country to 'assess whether a discriminatory impact may be occurring at a specific' airport, according to the letter posted by buzzfeed this is not the first time tsa's pat down policy has come under harsh light solange knowles claimed in 2012 she was racially profiled while going through security at miami airport, dubbing it 'discrim fro nation' because she wears her hair in the afro style 'my hair is not a storage drawer,' she tweeted an agency spokesman later told cnn that the 'advanced imaging technology machine' only shows 'an outline of an individual' that was 'the same for every single person' 'if the hair area is highlighted, the machine may have picked up an anomaly or a possible threat in the head area', such as bobby pins, hair and extension clips, or head wraps solange knowles claimed in 2012 she was racially profiled while going through security at miami airport, dubbing it 'discrim fro nation' because she wears her hair in the afro style  but aclu said it was these kinds of 'subjective rules' that made the agency more susceptible to 'unconsciously interpret the circumstances in a way that is consistent with racial stereotypes' in a statement released friday, the tsa said they do not tolerate racial profiling, according to the hill 'not only is racial profiling prohibited under dhs and agency policy, but it is also an ineffective security tactic' coleman told the huffington post she will be looking for 'clear and objective guidelines' from the tsa when she attends the lax training later this month
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