In October, the NAACP issued a national travel-advisory warning African-Americans about flying on American Airlines. Photo: Flickr/John Taggart
An American Airlines passenger said police were called on her ‘for flying while fat & black’
A woman sitting next to Amber Phillips allegedly spent much of the flight complaining about the amount of space she was taking up and instructed a flight attendant to call the police
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Racism
Updated: Saturday, 29 Sep, 2018 2:36pm
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In October, the NAACP issued a national travel-advisory warning African-Americans about flying on American Airlines. Photo: Flickr/John Taggart
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