Discrimination: Wiccans

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The news article “Wiccan woman claims the TSA fired her for being a witch after colleague accused her of casting a spell on her” is an article created to inform the public about a religious discrimination issue within the TSA. This article is important because often problems of this nature are covered up, and this piece brings to light the presence of religious discrimination in this country, even in national organizations. This source was created by a news reporter in order to generate revenue for MNSBC news. This creates some possible bias issues, including the dramatization of the story, to make it more popular, and the tendency to side with the writer’s position on the issue being debated. In this article, the woman in question is Carole Smith, a security worker at a major airport who identifies as a Wiccan witch. She has had numerous incidents of workplace complaints from those she works with and she herself has filed complaints against her coworkers unrelated to her religion. However, all of these serious complains came in after her report of religious discrimination. These c...

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