The lawsuit says American Airlines racially discriminated against Black passengers, removing them from a flight to New York for no “legitimate rationale.”
Three Black men sued American Airlines in federal court Wednesday, claiming they were victims of “blatant and egregious race discrimination” after employees ordered them and five other Black men off a plane inAirline representatives told the men, who were traveling from Phoenix to New York, to return to the gate to be rebooked, according to the lawsuit. An employee eventually told them the reason: Someone on the plane had complained about body odor.
American ultimately allowed the passengers back on the plane and continued to John F. Kennedy International Airport. It “is near impossible to imagine that American would ever treat white customers in a similar manner,” the lawsuit says.The body odor complaint came from a White male flight attendant, according to the suit. The lawsuit says none of the men suing the airline had offensive body odor and that none were accused directly of an offense.that list reasons passengers can be refused boarding. In American’s case, it says passengers must “be respectful that your odor isn’t offensive .
American Airlines faced criticism in 2017 for its treatment of Black passengers, including removing people from flights, which prompted aThough American allowed the men in January to get back on the plane and fly home, the experience was “traumatic, upsetting, scary, humiliating, and degrading,” the lawsuit says.
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