Orange Is the New Black’s Danielle Brooks Offended by Ticketing Agent Who Congratulates Her for Flying 1st Class

Orange Is the New Black and Broadway’s Color Purple star Danielle Brooks wasn't feeling a ticketing agent after an offhand comment was made as she prepared to get on a flight recently. Suggested Reading How Tina Knowles Schooled Folks Hating on Beyoncé For Singing the National Anthem on Tour What’s Happening to Diddy’s Fortune? Here’s What…

Orange Is the New Black and Broadway’s Color Purple star Danielle Brooks wasn't feeling a ticketing agent after an offhand comment was made as she prepared to get on a flight recently.

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Brooks vented on Twitter that the agent at the gate said she should feel lucky about her first-class ticket.

https://twitter.com/thedanieb/status/748471555789832193

Now, Brooks didn't say that the incident happened because she's black, but you can draw whatever conclusion you'd like.

Of course, there were those on Twitter who weren't sympathetic to Brooks' tweet.

https://twitter.com/GraemeONeil/status/748640366799233024
https://twitter.com/justababy1983/status/748638470831116288
https://twitter.com/CarmineSabia/status/748646176036093952

And it definitely doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out who those people were.

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