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The safety and wellbeing of African American passengers may be compromised while flying with\u00a0American Airlines, according to a national travel advisory\u00a0released Tuesday\u00a0by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The NAACP,\u00a0a key organization in the civil rights movement, said that for a number of months it has been monitoring \u201ca pattern of disturbing incidents reported by African-American passengers, specific to American Airlines.\u201d In August this year, the group issued its\u00a0first ever travel advisory for a U.S. state, Missouri, warning visitors their civil rights could be threatened if they entered the state.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The incidents suggest a \u201ccorporate culture of racial insensitivity and a possible racial bias\u201d at the airline, according to the NAACP.<\/p>\n

The NAACP cited four incidents it said showed \u201ctroublesome conduct\u201d by American Airlines. One of these was an allegation that an African-American man was removed from a flight for responding to \u201cdiscriminatory comments\u201d from two \u201cunruly\u201d white passengers. Another alleged that an African-American passenger was relegated from first class to coach, while her white traveling companion was allowed to keep the first class seat she had booked.<\/p>\n

The group said it was concerned that the cases it cited were only the tip of the iceberg in terms of the airline\u2019s treatment of black passengers.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe NAACP deplores such alarming behavior on the part of airline personnel,\u201d they continued. \u201cWe are aware of these incidents only because the passengers involved knew their rights, knew to speak up and exercised the courage to do so promptly.\u201d<\/p>\n

Derrick Johnson, President and CEO of the NAACP, said: \u201cAll travelers must be guaranteed the right to travel without fear of threat, violence or harm. The growing list of incidents suggesting racial bias reflects an unacceptable corporate culture and involves behavior that cannot be dismissed as normal or random.\u201d<\/p>\n

He called for American Airlines to meet with him to talk about the problems, and said the national travel advisory would remain in place until the NAACP\u2019s concerns are addressed.<\/p>\n

The CEO of American Airlines\u00a0responded<\/a>\u00a0on Wednesday, saying he was “disappointed” to hear of the NAACP’s travel advisory, and was ” eager to meet with [the NAACP] to listen to their issues and concerns.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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