It's amazing how many of these discussions wind up with you saying "screw the facts."

All six imams boarded with the first-class passengers although only one of them had a first-class ticket. Three of the imams had one-way tickets. Between all six of them, only one had checked a bag.

There were other Muslim passengers on the plane, who approved of the U.S. Airways actions, and in fact an Arabic speakers was one of the people who overheard their conversations and reported them.

This was a deliberate action, probably to set up some political or legal noise somewhere.

But yeah, keep it on the cartoon "white racist" level you're comfortable with.