Sha’Carri Richardson in the news again - Kicked off American Airlines flight

lol....it's like you almost get it right up to the end. Such a brojo turn at the end though.

It's white privilege to walk through life not experiencing racism therefore allowing you to conclude that it doesn't happen.

Some of time it isn't racism. Some of the time it is.

As white person, you have the privilege to sit back and offer up the super patronizing take of 'the real problem is the people thinking there's racism' ...because it rarely if ever happens to you.

You could just as easily say the real problem is people who insist there's never racism.

Rojo,

It's bit like when white people complain about how black people respond to the police on body cams.

"Well, if it was me I would just comply. Always do what you're told. Respect authority, yes sir!."

Sure, because they have had to deal with the police once or twice in their entire life and the cops approach them differently.

What if you had been harassed and regarded with suspicion by police your whole life. You might not be as quick with the "Yes, sirs! and "No, sir! Anything else I can do for you today sir?"

There's always context leading up to any situation. It doesn't always excuse the actions, but it must be acknowledged if one is ever going to look at a situation clearly.

Do I think Sha'Carri might be the one at fault here? Sure. Hard to say w/o knowing what preceded. It certainly doesn't look great. But a white person in a position of authority being overly bossy and condescending to black person in America is not the same thing as if it happening to a white person. There's context.

So, no, rojo, your one off anecdote doesn't dismiss 400 years of history.

Do I agree that sometimes people misinterpret common rudeness for racism? Sure.

Do I think that is the main issue with racism in this country? lol.....no.

I mean we just very recently had a President win one national election and nearly win another partly by firing up white nationalist support. Not some talking head on TV. The President.

So to pretend that racism doesn't exist in America because you, a white male, were once treated rudely by a flight attendant, is ridiculous

Rojo I get where you’re coming from and it’s not a bad point but in this scenario this is a reach.

If the conflict started for no reason she’d have some ground to think it stemmed from sexism/racism, but you’d have to be very unintelligent to genuinely instinctually think you are being hate crimed for being kicked off of a flight for acting very poorly and being belligerent.

She also has made almost everything bad that happens to her a racial excuse in the past too.

I fully understand she comes from a rough background, and it’s cool that she’s been able to rise above it, but she’s also sinking herself back down with her own actions that she’s fully responsible for, and now doing it in a spotlight that inspires others to want to act the same way she does. She needs accountability, not yes men.

Ghetto/white trash behavior, culture of narcissism.

White man explains (mansplains) how he acted differently from black woman... when will white people in America learn that their experience has nothing to do with what black people have to experience on a daily basis!?

The clear result of hundreds of years of white oppression

We see this so often that I suspect this "lack of respect for authority" is a cultural thing.

Cranial Rectitis is a deadly disease if left untreated. Hope she gets some help

I highlighted it for you.

1) When did I ever say it wasn't racist? I NEVER said that. Perhaps my email wasn't the most well written - it came at 12:30 in the morning after a long day. I was just saying I know generally when bad things happen to me it's not the result of racism and that's privilege. I was trying to express symaphty to a little extent to ShaCarri as I almost went off on the flight attendant myself but decided to check myself.

I also even pointed out the flight attendant in the back was apparently shaking her head at the flight attendant at the front and wondering what that meant - like did she know the male flight attendant was about to go off?

At the same time, I also think it's bad for people to assume the worst about every situation. ShaCarri is doing exactly what she complains about - making assumptions about the actions of the flight attendant based on the fact he's white and male.

2) I don't know if this was racist or not but it's clear to me that Sha'Carri needs help if she wants to be the best in the world in sprinting.

That is at the point where I’d get myself into trouble because I’d be asking her for $500 to cover my additional expenses from a blown connection.

I like flying places. I do it as much as I can because I hate living in Florida these days. But I also realize that it’s all about moving large numbers of people in point A to point B and unless you’re like a Delta 360/United Global Services/American Concierge Key, you don’t really matter to the airline, and because of the nature of a complex system, there’s a certain ‘roll a 20 sided die’ aspect to how well your travel day is going to go.

So you do follow instructions of flight crew, pretend to be following the safety video or demonstration, and realize that, while I have no doubt that there are passengers that are treated unfairly because of the biases of airline employees, you can also defuse also of situations and prevent a lot of situations just by being reasonably pleasant to them even when you don’t want to (I so do not miss the days before TSA Precheck when I’d be getting groped in public for wearing an underwire bra through the scanners) and you’re far more likely to get what you want from the racist or bigot that way than by trying to pull the ‘Do You Know Who I Am?’ Line.

Because your typical airline employee doesn’t care who you are unless their computer screen or work-issued mobile says you’re a bloody Concierge Key.

Rojo, white males are the most discriminated against group in society (barring Asian males).

She needed a father figure in her life.

I suspect her mother never diciplined her or taught her respect for authority..

this is Trump's fault somehow

She flying coach with a $2k Louis V hat. Maybe she should buy a Coach hat & fly first class?

It's the day now, can you turn the "registered only" off?

rojo: "b) what's wrong with modern society. People are taught to assume stuff is racist/sexist when the reality is flight attendants are often just as annoyed as we are on flights."

If you don't understand what you are implying there you need to consider your vocation as a writer.

You are clearly trivializing the issue of racism in America by saying that the REAL problem, 'what's wrong with modern society', is people imagining racism.

To use your experience as a white male as evidence of this is comical.

You are making an equivalent error to the one you are accusing Sha'Carri of. You are accusing her of seeing racism where it doesn't exist. Your stance requires one to pretend racism doesn't exist when it in fact does.

I suspect your mother never taught you that slavery was bad.