As the video of Saleh's ouster has gone viral, some people have expressed doubts about the authenticity of his claims because he is sometimes known for pulling pranks and hoaxes for laughs and giggles. The truth of this story will come out. The way I see it, if by chance Saleh was deliberately or loudly speaking Arabic on the plane to see what would happen, which I doubt, the fact that he was put off of the plane over it is a major problem and gets to the root of a much a deeper issue. Flying on an airplane — for a person of color, for a Muslim, for someone speaking Arabic, or for virtually anyone who does not fit a very narrow, white heteronormative slice of the world — can be like walking on eggshells.