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  • American Airlines Sued for Racial Discrimination After Black Passenger Removed From Flight

    In 2017, the NAACP issued a travel advisory against American Airlines for just being flat out racist. Three years later, the airline is now facing a lawsuit because a flight attendant just couldn’t stop her inner Karen from hopping out. NBC News reports that Elgin Banks and four other passengers are filing a racial discrimination…

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    Joe Jurado

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  • NAACP Lifts Travel Warning Against American Airlines

    The NAACP announced Tuesday that it’s lifting its American Airlines travel advisory, saying it was encouraged by the progress the airline had made in addressing issues of implicit bias. The advisory cautioning black passengers to beware of traveling on the airline was issued last October after several high-profile incidents involving African American travelers. The warning…

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    Anne Branigin

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