NAACP warns African Americans against travel on American Airlines
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NAACP warns African Americans against travel on American Airlines
NAACP warns African Americans against travel on American Airlines
Associated Press
October 25, 2017 8:05 am
The NAACP [National Association for the Advancement of Colored People www.naacp.org ] is warning African Americans that if they fly on American Airlines they could be subject to discrimination or even unsafe conditions.
American's chief executive said Wednesday that he was disappointed by the announcement and that American wants to discuss the matter with the civil rights group.
The NAACP said that and other recent incidents involving African Americans “suggest a corporate culture of racial insensitivity and possible racial bias on the part of American Airlines.”
The NAACP highlighted four recent incidents in which African American passengers said they were treated in a discriminatory way.
One involved the head of the North Carolina NAACP, the Rev. William Barber, who sued American after being removed from a flight last year.
Barber said police were called and removed him from the plane after he asked a flight attendant to tell a white passenger behind him to quiet down.
Barber accused the other passenger of making a comment about having a problem with “those people.”
An incident last week involved Tamika Mallory, an organizer of the Women's March on Washington in January. Mallory had changed her seat at an airport kiosk, only to be told at the gate that the seat had been assigned to another customer.
Mallory said she was treated disrespectfully by the gate agent — another African American woman — and was outraged when a white male pilot asked if she could control herself while on the flight.
After being told she was being kicked off the plane, Mallory called the pilot a racist in a profanity-laced exchange.
Associated Press
October 25, 2017 8:05 am
The NAACP [National Association for the Advancement of Colored People www.naacp.org ] is warning African Americans that if they fly on American Airlines they could be subject to discrimination or even unsafe conditions.
American's chief executive said Wednesday that he was disappointed by the announcement and that American wants to discuss the matter with the civil rights group.
The NAACP said that and other recent incidents involving African Americans “suggest a corporate culture of racial insensitivity and possible racial bias on the part of American Airlines.”
The NAACP highlighted four recent incidents in which African American passengers said they were treated in a discriminatory way.
One involved the head of the North Carolina NAACP, the Rev. William Barber, who sued American after being removed from a flight last year.
Barber said police were called and removed him from the plane after he asked a flight attendant to tell a white passenger behind him to quiet down.
Barber accused the other passenger of making a comment about having a problem with “those people.”
An incident last week involved Tamika Mallory, an organizer of the Women's March on Washington in January. Mallory had changed her seat at an airport kiosk, only to be told at the gate that the seat had been assigned to another customer.
Mallory said she was treated disrespectfully by the gate agent — another African American woman — and was outraged when a white male pilot asked if she could control herself while on the flight.
After being told she was being kicked off the plane, Mallory called the pilot a racist in a profanity-laced exchange.
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I'm not so sure. Believe or not, not all Black people see themselves as victims, and the NAACP doesn't speak for them. I could make assumptions about you, the KKK, Tennessee, and your post....but I won't because that's the low road.
Not all blacks see themselves as victims but I have seen them get the short end of customer service too often.
I was in NYC one night trying to get the dinner check to pay and make it across the street for a show. I could not get the waitress's attention. The two black women seated beside us were having the same issue. Their comment was "at least it is a waitress issue, not an "us" issue". I was shocked and saddened at their mater of fact tone. How much must it have hurt to have acquired their acceptance that they will routinely get lesser service.
I tracked down the 4 instances and read what information was online. I could see you might have two reading of the same event, but sadly I have no doubt the reaction from the staff was not what I as a white male would have gotten.
(I also know better than to be rude to gate agents!)
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I was in NYC one night trying to get the dinner check to pay and make it across the street for a show. I could not get the waitress's attention. The two black women seated beside us were having the same issue. Their comment was "at least it is a waitress issue, not an "us" issue". I was shocked and saddened at their mater of fact tone. How much must it have hurt to have acquired their acceptance that they will routinely get lesser service.
I tracked down the 4 instances and read what information was online. I could see you might have two reading of the same event, but sadly I have no doubt the reaction from the staff was not what I as a white male would have gotten.
(I also know better than to be rude to gate agents!)
20driver
