A White mother who said she was questioned about human trafficking while traveling with her biracial daughter has filed a lawsuit against Southwest Airlines, accusing the company of “blatant racism.”

  • Squirrel@thelemmy.club
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    1 year ago

    Honestly, good for them for doing what they can against human trafficking. It’s worth offending a person here and there to save people from that terrible fate. It sounds like they may not have handled it the best, but I maintain my stance on the matter.

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      differing skin tones/ethnicities are probably the laziest indicator of human trafficking to watch for.

      FTFY.

      This is the same attitude that gets minorities killed all the time, for “looking suspicious” while occupying their skin in the wrong place at the wrong time.

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        1 year ago

        Yes, easiest and laziest are basically synonyms in this instance. I assume they have other criteria before confronting people, and if not, that’s obviously problematic.

        Edit: Or maybe I’m being stupid. I don’t know, and my head is too foggy to think it through right now.

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      Don’t be stupid.

      There are millions, if not billions of dollars in the human trafficking economy. Continuous reports of rich and powerful people all over the planet participating in it. Disgusting human beings willing to treat children like animals for their own gratification.

      And you think these people won’t start hiring adults of the same ethnicity as the children they’re trafficking to move them?

      It’s such a reductive argument. “Just question any group of people if the children are a different ethnicity than the adults they’re with! Let’s not look at the kids body language, or the way they interact. Race is clearly the indicator!”

      Fucking stupid

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      Yeah, and they should totally be stopping people in turbans to prevent terrorism! Who cares if a few people are offended if it means saving lives, right?

      This is a bad take. There are so many mixed race families in the world. It is not okay to start harassing all of them just because they might be doing something wrong. It’s literally just racism no matter how you try to dress it up.