Three Black men have accused American Airlines of “blatant race discrimination” over its temporary removal of them and five other men from a Jan. 5 flight from Phoenix to New York, in a federal lawsuit filed on Wednesday.
The men said they were seated on a plane at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport when an airline employee went row by row asking them to get off the plane.
As they exited, the passengers noticed that all the Black men on the flight, eight in total, appeared to have been removed.
An American representative told the men at the time that the complaint had come from a white flight attendant.
When one described the removal from the plane as discriminatory, an American employee said, “I agree, I agree,” according to a cellphone recording that was shared with The New York Times.
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American Airlines, Sky Harbor International, Public Citizen, The New York Times
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Phoenix, New York, American