Black Woman Kicked Off Flight For Wearing 'Black Lives Matter' T-Shirt?

[jberryhill]

44. Nothing is as clear as one side of the story

You aren't going to hear the other side of the story because AA doesn't argue these things in the press.

Pop quiz:

1. Due to a misunderstanding, a flight attendant asks you if you are going to cause problems. Your answer is:

(a) "No".
(b) Something other than "no".

People get on airplanes in all sorts of conditions and with all sorts of baggage. As noted elsewhere in the thread, yes, people do get argumentative with flight attendants. There is nothing that can be done about that in the air, but if the flight has not yet left the ground, then no flight attendant is going to take the risk of a confrontation escalating once the plane has left the ground.

Pop Quiz question #1 is not that hard.

In all likelihood, the FA had no idea why she was wearing a shirt with a bunch of names on it - because that's all that was on the shirt: a list of names. African Americans - by the THOUSANDS - fly, and work on, airplanes every day without incident. It is unlikely there is a rogue FA running around American throwing off African American passengers on a whim.