Add flying and receiving kindness to the ever growing list of things that black people canât do. On Christmas Eve, two NBA G League players were kicked off their plane after a flight attendant accused them of stealing first-class blankets that werenât allowed to be on their coach bodies.
According to the New York Post, Memphis Hustle guard Marquis Teague and forward Trahson Burrell were boarding a flight bound for Sioux Falls, S.D., Sunday at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport when two first-class passengers gifted them their first-class blankets.
But a black attendant for the flight, which was operated by Envoy Air, accused the players of stealing the blankets because how dare two coach passengers be in possession of two first-class blankets? The flight attendant not only accused the players of theft but also ordered them off the plane.
On. Christmas. Eve.
I guess the players couldnât have returned the blankets, or I guess the passengers who gave them blankets couldnât have cleared it all up. Nope, the only solution that was suitable in this situation was a blanket accusal and rush to judgment, and the players had to get off the plane.
âItâs 2017 and a Flight attendant for @AmericanAir sees 2 young black athletes with blankets from first class,â Hustle assistant coach Darnell Lazareâ said on Twitter, the Post reports. âHis 1st comment is âdid you steal themâ how about you teach people to get the facts first before jumping to conclusions. đ¤#beingblackinamericanâ
An airline manager reportedly apologized to the players, who were given a first-class flight to their destination. That doesnât make it better. Unless the players were given two first-class tickets on the Great Space Coaster while being accompanied by the most interesting man in the world who just happened to have two satchels full of cash and a call-up to a respectable team headed for the NBA playoffs, then nothing makes this right.
Also, fuck this airline.
Read more at the New York Post.
