Now we're issuing travel advisories based on skin color
http://hotair.com/archives/2017/10/25/now-issuing-travel-advisories-based-skin-color/
Well ... saying "we're" issuing travel advisories isn't exactly fair. It's the NAACP. And CNN points us to a recent advisory they released telling black travelers to be cautious about flying with American Airlines because of possible discriminatory or unsafe conditions. That's a fairly serious charge to be making so I assume they've got something to back it up.
As it turns out, at least one complaint lodged against the airline by an African-American passenger was done anonymously, but surely there must be more if they're detecting a pattern. Shouldn't there?
The NAACP is warning African-American travelers to be careful when they fly with American Airlines.
In an advisory late Tuesday, the organization said it has noticed "a pattern of disturbing incidents reported by African-American passengers, specific to American Airlines."
It said the incidents "suggest a corporate culture of racial insensitivity and possible racial bias" and advised travelers to exercise caution.
"Booking and boarding flights on American Airlines could subject them [to] disrespectful, discriminatory or unsafe conditions," the advisory said. ...
The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. ~ D.H. Lawrence
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