Flying While Black

American Airlines Reaches New Low in Removing Black Passengers

By Alec Wilson from Khon Kaen, Thailand — N728AN, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=47982465

“We were discriminated against. The entire situation was racist,” — passenger Xavier Veal.

In January 2024, eight passengers on Flight 832 from Phoenix to New York were Black men. All of them were asked to get off the plane due to what flight…