Summary Actor/Comedian Eric Andre claims that the team at Melbourne Airport customs racially profiled him, calling out the incident on social media. The incident reportedly took place in Terminal 2 of Melbourne Airport and the Actor/Comedian was flying with Qantas. Data shows that in the US alone, there has been a 26% year-on-year increase in passenger discrimination complaints.
American Actor/Comedian Eric Andre has taken to social media about his experience at Melbourne Airport and called out the customs team for alleged racial profiling of the actor. The incident appeared to have occurred after the second of his third travel leg when the customs officer pulled Andre aside to the "dog-sniffing lane", and the actor states that it is not the first time he has experienced racial profiling at the airport. The incident Actor/Comedian Eric Andre has claimed in an Instagram post that he was racially profiled at Melbourne Airport (MEL) when the customs team had the actor pass through a special line where passengers were being sniffed by dogs.
According to the actor, this is not the first time he has been racially profiled at the airport. The actor arrived in MEL from Los Angeles and was connecting onwards to Brisbane, and this incident reportedly took place in Terminal 2 of the Melbourne airport and the actor in his post also calls out the Australian carrier, Qantas , which suggests that is the airline he was flying with. The Melbourne Airport's social media team has responded to t.