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(71,491 posts) Wed Oct 18, 2017, 08:16 AM Oct 2017

Activist kicked off American Airlines flight, alleges 'white male aggression (Tamika Mallory) [View all]

The pilot removed her. If what is written is true and it sure looks like it, he needs to be disciplined or fired.

“He asked me, 'Would I behave? Could I control myself?'” Mallory recounted. “I had not raised my voice. I was not screaming at the [gate agent]. I just firmly let her know that I didn’t appreciate the way I was treated.”
But after taking her seat, she was called up to the front of the plane over the loudspeaker, where Mallory said the pilot pointed at her and said, ‘Her, off.’”

https://www.dallasnews.com/business/american-airlines/2017/10/16/activist-kicked-american-airlines-flight-alleges-white-male-aggression

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Activist kicked off American Airlines flight, alleges 'white male aggression (Tamika Mallory) [View all] Demsrule86 Oct 2017 OP

links CurtEastPoint Oct 2017 #1

Thanks...brain dead...I forget links...I did update it. Demsrule86 Oct 2017 #2

so no need to hear the pilot's side of the story . . . got it DrDan Oct 2017 #45

When I called the airline did not defend his words. Demsrule86 Oct 2017 #86

Spoken like a true progressive DrDan Oct 2017 #107

A progressive would believe a fellow progressive ...the pilot had no business Demsrule86 Oct 2017 #109

When did I defend him - I just think it's fair to hear both sides DrDan Oct 2017 #111

She was profiled as an activist by the airline and targeted Not Ruth Oct 2017 #3

That is exactly it...in my opinion. I would be the pilot is racist scum. Demsrule86 Oct 2017 #10

Please not how he spoke to her 'could she control herself' Are you fucking kidding me...how dare he? Demsrule86 Oct 2017 #11

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Define "racist," if you don't mind. MrScorpio Oct 2017 #39

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You do know that it's completely impossible for black people to be "racist" in this country, right? MrScorpio Oct 2017 #46

Wow, thats so not true ClarendonDem Oct 2017 #52

It's true... MrScorpio Oct 2017 #56

I didnt claim that a black minority ClarendonDem Oct 2017 #60

Racism is pure racial power dynamics MrScorpio Oct 2017 #67

So are you contending ClarendonDem Oct 2017 #75

I'm saying that you're mixing apples with pomegranates MrScorpio Oct 2017 #79

For one to be racist your race has to be in power stevenleser Oct 2017 #82

Not according to the common understanding ClarendonDem Oct 2017 #84

Merriam Websters are not experts on issues of ethnocentrism stevenleser Oct 2017 #85

They're experts on the English language melman Oct 2017 #88

we are not talking about casual speech here...to claim a group is racist when they do not have to Demsrule86 Oct 2017 #94

Exactly. Demsrule86 Oct 2017 #91

They can't be racist as they don't exert enough power to do so. Demsrule86 Oct 2017 #90

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I'm merely telling you that your analogies are false MrScorpio Oct 2017 #71

Exactly! Again GaryCnf Oct 2017 #59

It boggles the mind...that in 2017 you see this attitude. Demsrule86 Oct 2017 #92

Thank you...and you are correct. Demsrule86 Oct 2017 #89

You could not be more wrong leftynyc Oct 2017 #104

That is the definition of bigot, not racist NickB79 Oct 2017 #61

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A Black woman is taken to task for a legitimate complaint. She has a right just like we all do to Demsrule86 Oct 2017 #87

WTF is that supposd to mean? liberalhistorian Oct 2017 #41

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Neither Mallory or Farrakhan are "racist." MrScorpio Oct 2017 #51

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Farrakhan isn't Hitler MrScorpio Oct 2017 #57

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As I said before, it's impossible for black people to be racist in America MrScorpio Oct 2017 #70

And you can keep on saying it melman Oct 2017 #77

I don't care what he is... MrScorpio Oct 2017 #81

"I don't care what he is" melman Oct 2017 #83

Seriously inappropriate. I see we have some first amendment for only those views that I subscribe to Demsrule86 Oct 2017 #93

Farrakhan is not a racist? melman Oct 2017 #58

That's right. MrScorpio Oct 2017 #65

I don't know how I got here but there is a reason I have GD trashed JonLP24 Oct 2017 #69

Nonsense Sailor65x1 Oct 2017 #13

My guess is that her political views and activism lapfog_1 Oct 2017 #26

Television and movies have made it seem so Sailor65x1 Oct 2017 #28

As if the TSA doesn't run background and social media checks johnsonsnap Oct 2017 #80

I agree...and if you come from a state that didn't cave and put a 'star' on Demsrule86 Oct 2017 #95

Why cant you get a passport ? cwydro Oct 2017 #108

As difficult as pretending a doctor is atypical. LanternWaste Oct 2017 #112

I have no idea what youre trying to get across here. nt cwydro Oct 2017 #114

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I think a black (Or female) pilot would have just as readily booted her. Sailor65x1 Oct 2017 #4

She said nothing to him...he confronted her...suggest you read the article and yes Demsrule86 Oct 2017 #9

I did read the article Sailor65x1 Oct 2017 #14

Why? She was removed from the plane after boarding ...no one said she did anything. I have to wonder Demsrule86 Oct 2017 #23

Because we have only heard from her so far Sailor65x1 Oct 2017 #24

The pilot is in charge of the plane mythology Oct 2017 #17

Sorry complaining about bad service is not grounds for being tossed off a plane...and she was Demsrule86 Oct 2017 #22

Nonsense Sailor65x1 Oct 2017 #25

This message was self-deleted by its author Mediumsizedhand Oct 2017 #31

She is an activist...She organized the Woman's march. I think they knew who she was. And she is a Demsrule86 Oct 2017 #103

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This message was self-deleted by its author Mediumsizedhand Oct 2017 #30

Sorry, that dog won't hunt Sailor65x1 Oct 2017 #32

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Bullshit. We don't have to take bad service meekly because our airline 'betters' might not like it. Demsrule86 Oct 2017 #96

Sounds like she was treated horribly mcar Oct 2017 #5

Of course not...his time is way more important don't you know. Demsrule86 Oct 2017 #8

I think yes, and more readily Sailor65x1 Oct 2017 #29

Good. Save your complaints for after the flight. Nt joeybee12 Oct 2017 #6

No, a person should be able to complain politely or even not politely...fascist behavior. Demsrule86 Oct 2017 #7

And you blindly accept her version because .. joeybee12 Oct 2017 #12

No more and no less than you blindly reject her version. LanternWaste Oct 2017 #18

she was kicked off the plan after being allowed to board... go on twitter...yes I believe her. Demsrule86 Oct 2017 #97

I completely agree, as long as they're not liberalhistorian Oct 2017 #48

She actually used the "do you know who I am" gambit? cwydro Oct 2017 #15

The response to that should always be, EllieBC Oct 2017 #37

Yeah, I'm not fond of that line. cwydro Oct 2017 #63

link? Demsrule86 Oct 2017 #98

Watch her on her own FB page. cwydro Oct 2017 #105

I didn't get my aisle seat! threw a fit- thrown off plane snooper2 Oct 2017 #16

Didnt something similar happen to Ann Coulter recently? cwydro Oct 2017 #19

Again link...that Tamika did that. Demsrule86 Oct 2017 #102

What? That she was upset at a seat change? cwydro Oct 2017 #106

No that she did a 'do you know who I am ? ' anyone would be upset about being kicked off a plan. Demsrule86 Oct 2017 #110

She admits that herself. cwydro Oct 2017 #113

She complained about her seat...I had the same issue and they were very gracious but not here. Demsrule86 Oct 2017 #99

I'd like to see some video on this jmowreader Oct 2017 #20

By her own admission, the gate agent was a black woman too cwydro Oct 2017 #21

THANK YOU n/t GaryCnf Oct 2017 #27

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Troll, troll, troll yer boat, gently down shit stream MrScorpio Oct 2017 #38

And thank you as well GaryCnf Oct 2017 #42

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You're not going to be around here for that long MrScorpio Oct 2017 #49

Exactly! GaryCnf Oct 2017 #54

The wait is over MrScorpio Oct 2017 #73

. . . GaryCnf Oct 2017 #78

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She is a bernie Sanders supporter also JI7 Oct 2017 #64

Cool. She's now the African American Ann Coulter. n/m RhodeIslandOne Oct 2017 #40

Really? A black woman complains about an incident American admitted they mishandled Demsrule86 Oct 2017 #100

I'd much prefer to hear from the "uppity black woman" 9 to 5 worker she put in her place, don't you? RhodeIslandOne Oct 2017 #115

That never happened. But hey...if you want to give airlines a pass when they screw up do so for Demsrule86 Oct 2017 #116

Guitar123 is now history,,, MrScorpio Oct 2017 #72

Great job in this thread JonLP24 Oct 2017 #74

Thanks very much! MrScorpio Oct 2017 #76

I would also like to thank you. Demsrule86 Oct 2017 #101