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Boarding Denied
Yet another story of petty people with authority and pens, ruining black Africans’ travel plans on a whim.
@KLM my fiancé was to meet my family for the first time and you have prevented him from doing so because?
Yet another story of petty people with authority and pens, ruining black Africans’ travel plans on a whim.
@KLM my fiancé was to meet my family for the first time and you have prevented him from doing so because?
Let’s take a look at yet another sad story of race-based discrimination.
But before, let me give you some background:
But before, let me give you some background:
In October 2020 I (a US citizen born in Italy) discovered I was pregnant. It was not planned, in fact I believed it was something that would never happen to me and it came as a surprise that my pandemic summer fling in the country that I live in, Kenya, would produce this
My next couple of tweets are about the horrible ordeal that I went through @bangkok_airways in Thailand at the Bangkok airport and @TurkishAirlines the international flight I booked with from Nairobi to Cambodia!
Kindly bare with me! It’s a long Read! I’m infuriated!
Kindly bare with me! It’s a long Read! I’m infuriated!
I will describe this whole ordeal as black profiling in flights and airports, something that governments need to put a stop to, to protect the black travel community!
As a frequent traveler, all my bookings are always last minute! A night before departure!
Hence, this time round it was no different! Booked @TurkishAirlines flight late Monday night, for Tue, 8th of October, 4:30 flight from Nairobi to Cambodia via Turkey and BKK
Hence, this time round it was no different! Booked @TurkishAirlines flight late Monday night, for Tue, 8th of October, 4:30 flight from Nairobi to Cambodia via Turkey and BKK
