Thread by @mehdirhasan

Hey @SouthwestAir: not a good look for your flight attendant on SW5539 to DC last night to loudly tell a brown woman in a headscarf she'll be "escorted off the plane" for making people feel "uncomfortable" - because she wanted to sit with her husband & kids!
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#flyingwhileMuslim

The flight attendant called ground staff onto the plane, complained about the Muslim woman - my wife! - to them, & escalated rather than de-escalated the situation - simply because my wife politely asked a guy if he'd give up his seat for our family (which he was fine with!).
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Even her own @SouthwestAir colleague from the ground staff who came onboard to check things wondered why the flight attendant wouldn't shut up & let things go so we could take off.

"Why is she escalating this?" a passenger from across the aisle also asked aloud.

Why indeed.
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The @SouthwestAir flight attendant "treated you like a venomous snake," another passenger told my wife after we landed in DC last night.
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Thanks @SouthwestAir for ruining the end of our Thanksgiving trip and leaving my wife in tears - because she wanted us all to sit together as a family while your flight attendant wanted to single her out and humiliate her. Thanks a lot.
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FYI: @SouthwestAir flight staff seem to have form when it comes to mistreating brown/Muslim passengers. Hadn’t flown with them for years and, at this point, don’t plan to do so again anytime in the near future. Not worth it.
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Just wanted to say a big THANK YOU to all of you leaving comments and well wishes to my wife and my family. It’s much appreciated and I wish I could reply to and thank each of you individually. Means a lot to us. 🙏🏽🙏🏽