But Is She Dressed Appropriately To Board A Flight?

Mitzi

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Or were they just picking on her?

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/10/us/black-woman-american-airlines-cover-up.html

Woman Required to Cover Up on American Airlines Flight Says Race Was a Factor
Dr. Tisha Rowe was about to fly from Jamaica to Miami when a flight attendant briefly removed her from the plane because of her romper, she said.

Dr. Tisha Rowe shared this selfie of the outfit she was wearing when she was asked to get off her June 30 flight.CreditTisha Rowe

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Dr. Tisha Rowe shared this selfie of the outfit she was wearing when she was asked to get off her June 30 flight.CreditCreditTisha Rowe
By Neil Vigdor

  • July 10, 2019
A Texas doctor says her race was a factor when she was briefly removed from a recent American Airlines flight and required to cover herself with a blanket before being allowed back on the plane.

Dr. Tisha Rowe, who identifies as African-American and Caribbean-American, posted a widely shared tweet about the episode, including a selfie of the romper she was wearing on the June 30 flight from Jamaica to Miami.

Dr. Rowe, 37, is a family physician in Houston and founded a telemedicine company in 2014. She said Tuesday that she was humiliated in front of her 8-year-old son, who had been traveling with her.

“Had they seen that same issue in a woman who was not a woman of color, they would not have felt empowered to take me off the plane,” Dr. Rowe said. “In pop culture, especially black women with a body like mine, they’re often portrayed as video vixens. So I’ve had to deal with those stereotypes my whole life.”


American Airlines apologized and agreed to issue a refund to Dr. Rowe, according to Shannon Gilson, a spokeswoman.

“We were concerned about Dr. Rowe’s comments, and reached out to her and our team at the Kingston airport to gather more information about what occurred,” Ms. Gilson said. “We apologize to Dr. Rowe and her son for their experience, and have fully refunded their travel. We are proud to serve customers of all backgrounds.”
 

meka72

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I heard her interview on CNN and she confirmed that the flight attendants were black. We know not all black women are supportive of one another and I wonder if this was their (FAs) attempts to exercise authority over Dr Rowe. They raised a stink about her outfit because they could.

Or they had a “she think she cute” mindset and wanted to take her down a peg.
 

yamilee21

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I heard her interview on CNN and she confirmed that the flight attendants were black. We know not all black women are supportive of one another and I wonder if this was their (FAs) attempts to exercise authority over Dr Rowe. ...
Black people in these kinds of positions always seem to want to police other black people. Black security guards will reprimand black children in the presence of their parents for breathing too hard while saying nothing to white kids running around wreaking havoc. I truly wonder if it isn't some kind of overdeveloped group-level defensive mechanism stemming from slavery (and the subsequent Jim Crow era) that has warped into systemic self-oppression.
 

Ms. Tarabotti

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Not my idea of flight wear (I get cold on airplanes and I am usually think about how I need to dress in the case of an emergency) but I have seen worse, way worse. And unless she is flying courtesy on an employee ticket (they have a dress code for those types of tickets), why are the flight attendants imposing their own dress code?
 

Laela

Sidestepping the "lynch mob"
Preach!

Black people in these kinds of positions always seem to want to police other black people. Black security guards will reprimand black children in the presence of their parents for breathing too hard while saying nothing to white kids running around wreaking havoc. I truly wonder if it isn't some kind of overdeveloped group-level defensive mechanism stemming from slavery (and the subsequent Jim Crow era) that has warped into systemic self-oppression.
 

kimpaur

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I think part of it is her body type. Because she's thick, somehow, the outfit is inappropriate. If a skinny teenager was wearing the same thing, they wouldn't have cared. In any event, she looks fine and they need to compensate her for the inconvenience and humiliation.
I agree, she was singled out for being a thick Black Woman, plain and simple. Its a shame bw cant escape oversexualization, even in 2019.There is absolutely nothing inappropriate about her outfit

Eta also interesting that the perpetrators were other bw. Still trying to figure that one out
 

Kanky

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Black people in these kinds of positions always seem to want to police other black people. Black security guards will reprimand black children in the presence of their parents for breathing too hard while saying nothing to white kids running around wreaking havoc. I truly wonder if it isn't some kind of overdeveloped group-level defensive mechanism stemming from slavery (and the subsequent Jim Crow era) that has warped into systemic self-oppression.
There are some people that you can get away with mistreating and some that you can’t. Bothering a middle class white woman is risky for everyone, but especially for black people.
 

Kurlee

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I agree, she was singled out for being a thick Black Woman, plain and simple. Its a shame bw cant escape oversexualization, even in 2019.There is absolutely nothing inappropriate about her outfit

Eta also interesting that the perpetrators were other bw. Still trying to figure that one out
respectability?
 

dicapr

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The pics look fine. I’m wondering if in person she had that visible no underwear look. I did notice she didn’t take any pictures from the back. I’ve noticed a trend of women wearing clothing that isn’t that bad but the thin material and no undies is showing all their business. I’m wondering if that is what happened here.
 

GinnyP

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I heard her interview on CNN and she confirmed that the flight attendants were black. We know not all black women are supportive of one another and I wonder if this was their (FAs) attempts to exercise authority over Dr Rowe. They raised a stink about her outfit because they could.

Or they had a “she think she cute” mindset and wanted to take her down a peg.
Or her white co-worker told her to do it.
 

Misseyl

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Yep, they kicked her off the flight because it's a black thing. Her butt cheeks weren't hanging out, only her legs and shoulders were exposed but the captain wasn't having none of that. I would sue just to teach them a lesson.:afro:
 
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