A mother has filed a lawsuit against Southwest Airlines, claiming racial profiling after she was accused of human trafficking. www.qcnews.com/nexstar-media-wire/mom-sues-southwest-airlines-claiming-racial-profiling-after-she-was-accused-of-trafficking-biracial-daughter/
I'm a mother of multi-ethnic children. When my daughter was about three weeks old, I proceeded to take her to her doctor's appointment for her checkup. While sitting at a bus stop, an anglo woman approached us and asked if she could see my baby. I let her have a peak but didn't say much because I'm quite shy. No less than three minutes later, two police cars pull up at the bus stop on the curb. The officers hurried over and proceeded to ask me about my daughter and myself. I became very agitated and angry. You see, I'm a medium brown skinned, blue eyed black woman with - at the time 26 years ago - a baby with green eyes, blonde hair and very pale skin. Not only did I miss my bus, I was deeply confused and humiliated! I told the officers that if my daughter had my coloring, this wouldn't have happened! She disagreed. It took me a few weeks to come down from that!
People want to do something to stop trafficking, but as a survivor I can tell you that what most people think they know about it is so wrong that it can actually make things worse, like in this case where racial profiling diverted resources to the wrong direction. People insist on a very narrow idea of it and won't listen to what trafficked people have to say about it. It means being willing to hear some painful, hard to hear things.
These companys need you to help them with their training as a survivor. It may be difficult but it may also help with your recovery. Do the good, others may need you. God bless 🙏
@@Patiencelywaitinghisreturnmaybe they have no clue, but it is well-known that child trafficking is abundant in our country & personally as a mother, I would not have had a problem with being questioned & made to show proof as it would have shown me that they are watching out for child traffickers
I was trafficked to just not in the sense people tend to think and I disagree with you this is exactly what they need to do this tactic has stopped traffickers and saved victims
This woman had her daughter’s birth certificate, and other forms of proof, All they had to do is ask! But they called the police and made a spectacle of them….on top of not believing she was going to a funeral. It was clearly mishandled. And its not like they’re going to jump off the plane by being questioned.
Like the police can sort out anything, they don't know the laws themselves...plus they have all that lady's information just do a thorough investigation and if fault is found, then raid her house at 0300hrs.....Tell me one account of a "effing" stewardess thwarting a "trafficking" incident....
@sarahbyrd772 I leave the country often. I need both parents' signatures with the phone number on a note and the birth certificate . But they will ask before pulling me over. Because I know what's about to happen I have the paperwork in hand as soon as they say the child, paperwork in the face.
I would NEVER let my child go to a public bathroom by herself. All manner of evil happens in those places. And some kids are naturally shy, they will not speak to a stranger. I believe the only thing 'suspicious' about this mother, was her skin color.
@@sylviaa4884 its so sad, you live a life of fear, and my daughter travels with her 2 friends to Paris, age 16, without a parent... welcome to Europe! i went to another country at the age of 4, with the neighbor kids, eating ice... oldest been around 10... but it helped a lot to live just 200m from the border and in they never stopped kids crossing it... but again, its in Europe, we have borders others cant see...because there is nobody to stop you from crossing! and did you know, we dont have mass shootings, not at the work or in schools..!
As a mother of a biracial child, I had my daughter snatched out of my arms on a train. So this is a RAW subject for me. I love the idea of doing some research on passengers before holding them up as they exit the plane. While I want to protect kids who are being trafficked, with technology we can be smarter and protect the rights of traveling parents.
They have footage of the same ms13 Hispanic lady with the gang tattoos picking up several different children at different times for gangs and trafficking. They even spotted common manilla envelopes on the people buying/stealing kids and still let it happen. She probably got the only agent that had a brain cell fire up and say this doesn't look right maybe I should check and he apparently sucked at it. Now it'll be worse with the child trafficking bc cops will be like no we saw dude mess up and get in trouble leave it to the fbi. Which will more likely be a fbi agent buying a child then helping.
Yes, id agree. I'm a white older woman in my 60's. Believe it or not I'm discriminated against quite frequently..White privilege is a true myth when it applies to me💯😊💖
Man, my son is somewhat on the spectrum. He is also mixed. If a stranger asks him a question even when I'm standing next to him, he will not answer and won't look them in the eye either. This is nuts.
So you would prefer that the airline does nothing and allow all the human traffickers to walk on through unimpeded? Maybe you could, as a parent with a child who is on the spectrum, take some responsibility and ring either the airline or the relevant LEOs ahead of time and let them know when you will be flying and offer to provide any supporting documentation they might require for you to travel unimpeded? Or are you so entitled as to think that you shouldn't have to take any additional effort to avoid the measures that are in place to protect vulnerable children? Your child has you to look out for them and ensure they have a smooth travel experience. The children being trafficked only have the staff at the airline looking out for them. Are you really suggesting that this last line of defence should be taken away from them just so that you don't have to bother being a responsible parent?
This all very interesting as We never went through any of that growing up. Our hair was curly but we turned out to have olive skin. So tanned beautifu Bronze in the summers is when we all looked the same. My mum being part Italian. Only until my sister married( to a Black man) had 3 kids they turned out to be jet Black. My mother got questioned all the time as to who were those kids. SHE DID NOT WANT TO admit they were her grandchildren. Until they became around 12 she didnt care anymore about the strange looks she got or what people thought. Although she did not make it obvious to them growing up, so they had no trauma they grew up loving their white grandmother.
@@michaelheliotis5279 I expect the staff to perform their due diligence before we even get to the gate, i.e., check IDs, birth certificate, boarding passes,etc. What is the TSA for? I shouldn't have to tell LEO my child's personal issues. If they have concerns about MY child, they should speak to me, not him. I understand the Sound of Freedom has triggered alot of people, but we have to think rationally instead of having this knee jerk reaction that everyone who gets on the plane with a child is a trafficker! It's getting out of hand.
She said a mouthful “Stop and check your biases before you call the police”! People of color been saying that for decades so I hope you get their attention!
@@BarryE48 You Democrats always think anyone with an IQ over 10 is automatically "MAGA" or something. Don't be upset when you don't understand something. You're a Democrat and should be used to that by now in your life.
“Under the control of a guardian”? “Can’t go to the bathroom by themselves?” Seriously? That’s called BEING A PARENT‼️These people need to go deeper in their analysis because they harass real people while letting real criminals move around freely.
Well one could argue that there isn't enough checks we could do to protect children this woman will jeopardise the safety of other children around the world... she is awful and ridiculous..
@@amouryourskin4691I agree! Child trafficking is horrendous & is now an epidemic in our country! I would not be upset if I were stopped & questioned as a parent for them to insure I was their parent. What if someone had taken my child & they had not stopped them & questioned them & may have saved my child? this lady needs to stop her rant, I'm sure those who have had a child taken do you not see being stopped and questioned to ensure the safety of your child the way this lady did! she's being ridiculous & just wants $$!!
My former co-worker is a BW that birthed four blonde, blue-eyed daughters with her white husband and she was constantly asked if she is their nanny. Note: We lived on a military installation where you see biracial kids all day.
This has been happening for decades, SOMETIMES WORST (for those who say it’s not the same). Back in the 70s, when I was 4 yrs old, my 3 yr old brother and I was removed from my White Russian mom’s care by NYC hospital security and police during an emergency room hospital visit when I had a strept throat. We were under the care of the Administration for Children Service (ACS-what it was called back then) and kept in that hospital for over a month while they dragged on to check if she was really our mom. Fortunately, my bother and I were too young to be severely traumatized by the event because we didn’t know or understand what was going on at the time. It was a few years later when I asked my mom why were we in the hospital for so long and she explained what happened.
I was thinking the same thing, if this woman wins her lawsuit then I bet it becomes instantly easier to human traffic by airplane- she will feel good to help eradicate all "biases" while we have less checks on possible trafficking
Not at all. If there is REAL suspicious activity, then there is no problem at all. This case hinges on the question if skin color ONLY, by itself, already constitutes suspicious activity.
Obviously, we don't see the entire interaction. If it was solely based on them having two different skin colors, then that's definitely very concerning. However, it takes more than that to cause alarm for airline employees. Makes you wonder, did something else happen on the plane not reported? So now, because the attendant has been called racist, what happens if she second guesses herself in the future and this incident causes a child to be trafficked? As a parent, this intrusion seemed minimal at best. Again, from the limited clip shown. I personally would have been thankful they are watching out for trafficking. If I had been detained and brought to a room, then that would be different. The more I'm writing, I'm also thinking if she gets a huge settlement from the airline then they may change their protocols to avoid future lawsuits but in doing so make it easier for trafficking to happen.
I find it odd that one of the "flags" for identifying a potential trafficking child is that they do not talk to the airport/airline people when we as parents have been telling them since they could sit up is "beware of and don't talk to strangers".
I’m black, my husband is white, and we do a lot of international traveling with our kids. I have no problem with airport officials asking my kids questions. Trafficking is real and more prevalent than many Americans realize.
Sooooo trafficking only happens when there’s white/black individuals???? Did they stop white moms with white children???? THIS WAS CLEARLY RACIAL PROFILING!
I agree! They are trying to protect children! It sucks, but they are trying to keep this from happening! Karen’s don’t understand this is a reality happening next to there homes
My situation was nowhere near extreme like this but I used to constantly get asked if I was babysitting my own child because she really favors her dad. Profiling sucks!
Angela, story of my life. i too have a black mum. she is from africa. my mother would often go and handle , flying tickets, luggage etc.. my 2 brothers and I we worked out on our own why we were the ones holding our father's hands . its been many more unpleasant issues growing up
I get the same. I'm black (dark skinned) and my daughter is half Hispanic. My daughter is very light in color, almost pink. Most people think I'm babysitting. I've even had them laugh until they see my expression
This happened to us as children! My dad is a white Latino and my mom is a dark Latina! We all came out white as snow and some people did not believe that was our mother. Funny is that my older sister and her white husband had a brown child! Lol 😂
Children need to be protected at all cost. I am a mother of a biracial child, and I would not at all be bothered by being stopped and interrogated. This mother is suing because she feels like she was racially profiled...If that's the case, Black people should be putting in similar lawsuits everyday.
IF that was the case. Don't think so. Had a white woman and white child been profiled , that was the real trafficking. Understandable. It was the blk skin that was checked. Suspicious.
Same. As an aunt to a biracial nephew, I was stopped by a white male in a small town and asked. My nephew was about 3 months old and look fully white. I was nervous thinking someone’s going to call the police and they are going to take him from me or hurt me. It’s scary but if I was traveling I would want questions ask bc we see it so much.
Either you question everybody or you question nobody. The rules and laws should apply to ALL, not just certain individuals who look like this or that. The airline’s system is terribly organised and run. This is why consistency in law making and enforcement are important. Justice is blind, it has no bias because in order to have bias, you must be able to see.
I know the airline was wrong but Law suit like this will deter the airline from stepping up in the future when suspicion someone being kidnapped / trafficking because they are afraid of being sued
I am a black woman and one time on a flight, I was sitting next to a white child. During the flight, the flight attendant asks the boy, "Where are your parents". I thought to myself in that moment, how frustrating it must be for a person of another race to adopt a child of a different race. I noticed the flight attendant was also rude towards me and did not say goodbye to me as I was leaving the plane.
@@SPEEDNOTPOWERAre you saying 70k black girls are going missing every day, or is 70k so far? What time period does that figure cover? That needs to be known.
@@SPEEDNOTPOWER Yeah, but there should definitely be other reasons aside from someone's race as to why they she be targeted and questioned!! Stop gaslighting people! Your statement was ridiculous!! 🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄
@@SPEEDNOTPOWERthis notion of harassing everyone is stupidity incarnate. It won't help with the rates and will make the problem worse. The ends don't justify the means there.
@SPEEDNOTPOWER Yeah, you are so concerned about black girls!! 🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄 Woman, just shut the heck up! No matter how many paragraphs you type. They were out of line and should not have done this!! Go sit in the corner somewhere. You are behaving like a person obsessed, and my opinion remains exactly the same.
Dear mother. Your child is not perceived as black. Your daughter is black. Those are America’s rules. Teach her she is black and things go differently for us. If you do not she may face more heartache and harm than you know. Biracial is a word for your home, your family and friends. Don’t blame me blame America.
I find that biracial kids spend a lot more time with their white family members so they lose their black identity, until America reminds them. The mom obviously has a problem with her child being described as black and looks like she's raising her child to think the same way.
If the Airlines acted in Good Faith, then this lawsuit should be dismissed. I’d rather see someone stopped & questioned than find out later that the child had been trafficked. PROTECT THE CHILDREN !!!
100% correct!! The mother would feel differently if her child was missing and was saved by an airport employee taking the time to question her abductor. Good job!!
This is not about protecting kids. This is pure " profiling " wake up America, how many incidents must we present to you before you "GET IT ". Can you give us the benefit of the doubt ONCE.????????
This has happened to me numerous times . My son is biracial . I get stopped and interrogated all the time. I stopped traveling with him . His dad is white, blue eyes and blonde hair travel with him and no one has ever questioned him . I think this happen mostly to single moms .
@@francescoavila6960So bring back segregation? That’ll solve the issue. And what about child traffickers who traffic children the same race as them? Maybe, idk, people who can’t take care of children shouldn’t have any? Ideally, you should ban everyone from having kids since that’ll end child trafficking
@francescoavila6960 race us just a social construct used to divide people. It shouldn't even exist but it does because people want the idea of superiority. People should not have to forgo love because other people are stupid.
People of color are seen as suspicious all the time. This mother has a melanated child and is experiencing something she did not grow up experiencing. I hope her daughter is in touch with her father's family to learn how to navigate a society that will automatically view her with suspicion.
Just say "black people". Why do you have to use the term "people of color" when you're only talking about black people? You don't see Asians robbing and killing all the time. They don't have to worry about racial profiling. It's not the police's fault that black people dominate the statistics for violent crime in the US despite being only 13 % of the US population. Put some blame on yourselves.
This is SO annoying, because my niece is very light skinned and im dark and whenever we go ANYWHERE together alone (I am her guardian) we have people looking at us weird as hell. It drives me crazy tbh because it's all based on looks, nothing weird or even unusual, they just get concerned when two people look different and are different ages.
Because that's one of the signs to look for you realize that tactic right there has busted many many traffickers and saved many victims oh no your inconvenienced for a little bit oh no I'd rather be a little bit inconvenienced and save someone from being a victim to everyone just looking the other way your way of thinking is why things have got so bad
When I got married I had no intention of changing my last name and it wasn’t important for me or my husband. These types of cases are what made me add his last name because I knew if my kids came out much lighter than me I would at least need us to have the same last name when traveling.
Yup, my friend gets held up at the airport every time she travels because her kid has a different surname. She is unmarried and the child has her father's surname. But I don't blame the airlines for paying attention and making sure the kid is okay.
@@GunshinzeroIt’s actually cultural. In Latin America kids have both. It’s not “revolutionary”. And not every culture is the same. Expand your horizons. Edit: *not
Her daughter is "traumatized" because her Mom told her to be. A 2 minute encounter with an airline employee does NOT traumatize a child. Especilliay one as big as this kd. Mama can't look past all the good Southwest Airlines is doing to eliminate human trafficking to see her own paycheck. Shame on you!
And what if it was a trafficked child? If someone suspects someone, I think it is best to speak up. Turns out she wasn't, but I think the SW employee did her job.
Yes, if someone thought it was a trafficked child, I could understand that. However, this was a mother and her daughter, and I know damn well that mother did nothing or said nothing that would make someone think that she is trafficking her own child. That's just ridiculous however I would be willing to bet it was a nosey a$$ Karen that initiated the issue.
The employee could have asked the same questions as the police officer and saved this family the humiliation of being interrogated by police in public. I don't know what their company policy is, but calling police because the mon and daughter are of different complexions and the mom was being protective, is ridiculous.
@@cocofluff Sometimes you get a gut feeling. Obviously, she got it wrong, but the police would be called there every day if it was only about complexion. They are probably trained to call the police when there is suspicious behaviour and not make that decision themselves.. which is what she did. Teachers are taught to do the same...sometimes people make judgement calls and they're wrong - but what if that employee saved that girl that day from a paedophile ring... we would all be praising her... she made a call based on her training and/or gut and thankfully it was a wrong call - but the mother is blowing it way out of proportion, the SW employee did her job and was protecting a child's wellbeing... you can feel differently about it and that's ok - but if it was my child I'd say thank you for being so concerned and I'm glad you're looking out for kids. Anyway - just a difference of opinion and that's ok - what matters is that the child is safe and not in any danger. No harm done.
There is no way to know ahead of time if they are not together. You have to use your best judgement. Sadly, there are too many lawsuits for almost everything. This one is not justified.
This typically happens to black adults with biological children who don’t phenotypically present as black and with adopted children who are anything other than black. It’s crazy.
And? For the safety of the child you should be happy they are getting involved. Imagine if someone snatched your child and this was how they reacted to someone else that had it.... People posting here can't see beyond their own upturned noses.
South West Airlines shouldn't be held accountable for doing their job. This could've been and actual kid napping. Just because the airlines ask to show if the child is really his or her's doesn't or shouldn't get sued. All the parents flying need to know you're going to be asked if your son, or daughter is yours. This needs to be mandatory at all airports throughout American and the world.
@@PigeonaLawThe problem is you, you're so color struck until you can't or will not understand. The issues on the floor is human trafficking. The air ports are the easiest way to get the children's or adults to a location, and transported to a buyer to be flown out of the country or sexually assaulted and killed in America. This's a business, South West Airlines responsibility is to recognize and trained to recognize if human trafficking is taken place. It has nothing to do with skin color. If your son or daughter or sister or brother was adducted and if they entered the airport and someone ask if that's there's parents, and they catch the adductor with your family members, your whole attitude about the issues would change. On my job we're to spot human trafficking in our are. Are they perfect no, but they're trying to do there job , I'll agree with the Airlines.
How TF would you be able tp prove that? Give a blood sample each time? This is 2023 & Americans are still pretending to be ignorant AF about what mixed race folks can look like!
@@Carl_Aznable To you my friend, suing is the new normal in America. As I said before, I'm going to support South West Airlines policies about human trafficking. Maybe on day you'll understand the importance of what all Airlines doing to help in this area. For you go to Walmart and look on the wall, how many children's and teenagers are missing. You're childish in this matter. It could've been my children's or anyone children's as well. We don't know but I'm glad they doing their job.
Yup, this happened to me too, when my daughter was 10, at Toronto Airport at US immigration (you go through immigration prior to boarding there). It was simply because my daughter is black and I am not. She is my biological daughter, but she looks like her Dad... not me. We nearly missed our flight. It was most definitely traumatizing for both of us (they threatened to separate us and did for a few moments). This happened 24 years ago and it is not something either of us will ever forget! Interestingly, her Dad drove her across the border all the time and was never asked about being her parent. He is quite dark, I am quite 'white' and she is in the middle.
I’m glad they check because there are so many children hurt and I know it was difficult for the mother I’m still glad they ask. I pray that they don’t stop trying to make sure children aren’t being trafficked out of fear of being sued
@@winterblossom4446 Or the message is "Don't use race or skin color when deciding suspicion of human trafficing". The fact is that human trafficers are probably smart enough to not call attention to themselves by pairing trafficed children with someone of a different race. The fact remains this family would never have been under suspicion if they were people with similar complexions, which means this flight personnel is likely "letting" trafficed kids go by unnoticed all the time because they are traveling with people who share their skin tone. Using race as a reason for suspicion of criminal activity is never okay. Never.
Protecting children from trafficking is more important than people getting their feelings hurt because they were questioned! It has NOTHING to do with race! God’s Children Are Not For Sale!
All well and good until it happens to you. This all smells of "stay within your race or skin color and you won't be bothered." I adopted an Hispanic child and have been questioned and doubted repeatedly.
The first time I flew anywhere TSA asked my niece and nephew if I was their aunt. It was very upsetting for me and them. They were young, shy and scared and didn’t want to talk to them. And I was horrified because they even asked but then the kids were silent. I don’t think they ever answered and their mom had to answer for them. It was quite upsetting and we are the same skin color. I can’t even imagine being stopped with police and asked if your own biological child was yours or not and basically being accused of child kidnapping or trafficking.
Wahh? I mean... seriously?! You're more upset about them being asked questions than the fact that these people were doing the right thing and could have potentially saved a child??!?! WHat's wrong with you?
You can't be serious? Horrifying and upsetting for asking basic questions! well I wish you the best and pray you can overcome that terrible day for all of you. PTSD counseling should help. Stay in it and battle on for the many challenging days ahead. And trust me there will be many
In the US they don't require proof of identification for children flying domestic (which is stupid but ok) their only way of "proving" is by asking such questions. It's standard.
This flight attendant needs to be charged with misuse of 911. They could have checked last names. Calling the police was vicious and could have resulted in someone getting shot. Shame on this racist behavior by this lady and the airline.
True. If they were wrong, why let the accused bear the delay, embarrassment, and looks of suspicion? If they were wrong, then let the airlines suffer a little.
This is an issue, but I am not surprised a white woman is making this an issue. I am a black Mom. My daughter is biracial Caribbean and Scottish and looks white. We live overseas, so we ALWAYS get stopped. They ALWAYS ask her questions. People ALWAYS think I am the nanny. But I am glad they are asking. HUMAN trafficking is a massive issue!!! I am so happy the police are checking and double-checking. We lived in Ohio, a HUGE human trafficking spot. So, my daughter is not sheltered; she is savvy and aware that the world can be a dangerous place. My Mother was very fair, and my seven siblings when all together, we made sense, but my brother has red hair and freckles, and my sister people would think she is a Punjabi, South Asian. My Mom would always get asked whether they have the same father, usually by White people. So, Black women have been experiencing this type of racial profiling for YEARS!
Exactly, better safe than sorry. She's definitely playing it up saying her daughter was traumatized. If I was in her position, I'd be annoyed by just happy they're being safe.
I don’t see anything wrong with what they did. This happened with a lot of people. She proved that the young lady was hers and she went about her way. I see nothing wrong. When people don’t ask is when it actually happens and then you would blame the airlines for it.
This isn't racial profiling. My son has been questioned by TSA at airport & by border patrol driving int'l about our relationship/travel plan and he's same race as me. Im glad they check for suspected trafficking.
What?! The personal experience you've described isn't quite the same as the mother in this story, is it? They saw that the mom is white and her child isn't. They perceived that the mother and child we're DIFFERENT RACES., then decided to call the police. That is racial profiling.
On a flight traveling over an hour there's more than enough time to observe and engage in conversation. You could approach with snacks and simply ask (in that flight attendant voice) "Hi, is this pretty little one flying with you today?" or "Good afternoon, who do you have flying with you today?" There's so many easier and normal ways to check if a child is ok and in good hands. I would not have questioned why she was with her Mom, you know when a child doesn't want to be with someone.
False. Traffickers know this spiel and have already taught the kid how to respond. Having the police there to check documents is the best way to handle it. Deal with it. The child's safety and wellbeing should be the forefront, not whether the mother had to answer a few questions.
@@baconoverlord7982If I live somewhere where I have to carry my child’s birth certificate everywhere I go with them, then I clearly live in a bad place. I’ll only give that info if the government requires it, not an airline, who only needs my travel documents and ticket. Even buying a ticket is a deterrent of child trafficking since child can’t go alone and have to have parents book or sign off on the ticket. Not every child that’s with an adult is being trafficked. Kids are honest so if you ask them who they are with, you’ll know if they are safe or not. You can easily tell if they’re lying in their answer since lying is something we learn to do. You can even see if they’re visibly uncomfortable or scared of the person they’re with. If you don’t know how to tell then maybe you’re the dangerous one. What you’re saying is invalidating the child’s opinion and not caring about if they’re safe, you’re just focusing on arresting someone with very little info to go off of
The staff is already trying to juggle getting the flight ready with the flight crew(flight attendants) demand for their 30 minute break between flights. On top of that, they are asked to be on the lookout for human trafficking. There is a lot going on that is invisible to those waiting to board a flight. This is being done with fewer and fewer people each year as well.
This is not a suspicious, you should ask before, ask for proof, u can also observe the child behaviour before call the police. Most of the time the children who have been trafficked they don’t have different skin colour from the traffickers ( because they are sneakier I think) so here it’s about stupidity. Maybe the Real child in danger have the same skin color of their trafficker. So don’t bother biracial family please or at least take a time to investigate before call the police
What an idiot. A few years ago, my then 16-yr old daughter (white) was pulled aside at Heathrow for the same concern. She was traveling alone to meet us in London on vacation. Authorities questioned her for nearly an hour to make sure she wasn't being coerced into traveling to London. Did we sue? Of course not. We appreciated the airline and airport staff paying attention and working to protect our daughter and other potential victims.
Her concern for her child does not make her an idiot. Your intolerance for another mother's desire to protect her child from racial profiling makes you an idiot though.
...notwithstanding, you/she completely missed that they were trying to protect the girl. It is literally their job. The races could have been reversed or changed in infinite combinations. But, the important thing is, now the mom's the ostensible victim-by-proxy, you see. Or you don't.@@cocofluff
Human trafficking is serious and people are getting away with it at the airports, but they have to do better especially when the adult has all the documentation.
They made a mistake. They are trying to do their best at saving these children who are being trafficked all over the country on planes. What makes me concerned now is Southwest Airlines after being sued will say, were not getting involved anymore attempting to catch the handlers. These handlers beat these poor children into submission not to speak to anyone & to look down. They might have thought something was off by the child's behavior. They thought they were trying to save this child from possible trafficking & yes, they did get it wrong but they honestly thought they were trying to save this child from a horrific fate. I remember handlers use to work, & probably still do, a famous "world" park. They would brake the parents hands away from the child's hand by walking through them then another would come & take & grab the child in a tight crowd. Drug the child instantly over their mouth & put them over their shoulder to take them to the restroom to change their clothes. Security would rush the parents to the front of the park quickly & close all other gates except 1 to get out. Security would then tell the parents do not look at the clothes, jackets or even the head of the child, as they could cover them with a small jacket. Focus on the shoes of the child . The parents would stand & watch each child leaving the park. Their child would always be asleep because they were drugged & often asleep & on the shoulder of the handler. Many were caught because of their shoes. They never changed their shoes. If they got out of the park- the child was gone. So yeah, everyone is trying hard to save them & sometimes they do make mistakes trying to save these poor children. Lets pray they never stop trying.
Oh man This is a tough one since police or TSA might miss something another person catches. On the other hand a Karen or Ken might elect to 'see something' just to stir up trouble for a traveling family.
I think that's what happened here, some racist worker wanting to cause trouble. No one asked this woman any questions until a police officer pulled her over. Calling in the police is extreme.
This happened to me once by another customer at an arcade. I'm mexican and my kids are half British. The lady stopped me and asked "are they your kids" I said yes and she said "both of them"? I said yes why? She said I looked latin and they didn't look like me. My kids were 5 &6 yrs old are that time. Some people are gross. She saw them having a good time and us laughing together. 😑
They were let go after some quick questions during heavy human trafficking. It's only a big deal bc we're looking at color and assuming it's the reason with no real proof of that even. Could have been trafficking. If they got held for an extended time and missed the flight sure I'd say compensate. Everyone watching sees the color difference and would have that moment if trafficking was your job to watch for it hits the red flag trigger necessary to say hold up. If her kid gets kidnapped this year by another white woman her argument eliminates the option to question the said kidnapper so double edged sword either way.
@CJ-yk4sn this lady just wants a payday. Guarantee this process was very accommodating compared to what most men have to deal with. She is already used to receiving child support so she figures, why not get another paycheck
Don't fool yourself they are people that look like you but are not of your ethnic background. If you get where I am coming from and if not join a genealogical club or society and ask questions.
@@goddesstshego2323 I’m not sure who one of those are but I’m black. And quite frankly I’m tired of white people claiming racial profiling. She was not brutalized, harassed or even wronged in any way. She’s making a mockery of black people (usually boys and men) whose actual life is in danger because of racial profiling.
The road to hell is paved with good intention (by the ignorance). Spoken like a person who has no biracial children!!! How would you like to be question like a criminal everytime you board a plane ??? Its not the airline job to play police. Just like its not the police job to play immigration. In countries where police can just ask any random person for ID, often leads to abuse of power. The airline should be sued for 10mil for trauma & mental anguish..
@@ingefriedbianca You dont mind ppl asking you, is this your child mam? Can you you prove it? Really.. How about if youre a black person driving expensive car & the police stopping you all the time, asking you to prove its your car !!! Or your house !!!
wow I like how everyone is just getting traumatized nowadays her daughter probably didn't even care. human trafficking has become a big thing now just get over and move on can't believe she sued. lame I would've just been like whatever.
Sadly, after this lawsuit, if they'll be punished in millions, Southwest employees might be ordered not to act on any suspicious passengers. They need to take this issue not to offend the passengers and need to apologize profusely.
@@fortablet2933 sadly, humans are not perfect. Employees who have doubts of if they second guess themselves, they should be able to refer them to someone when they landed. If the suspected passengers are delayed, then just rebook then pay some compensation. But pay millions in damages because of that kind of mistake?? Common, the airlines will definitely change their policy to avoid being made a cash cow. Have mercy on the actual victims.
Would you feel the same if indeed she was trafficking? Perhaps all airlines need to show government issued ID cards or passports for their children if flying. That will be an expensive item of proof, especially if you have several children. I am glad they error on the side of caution, racial or not.
@haymaker710 fair point but so is the post you commented on it should all be looked at closely especially while our borders wide open. Which that could definitely fix most the issue if our president wasn't a corrupt joke in it for foreign business deals.
@@haymaker710 Our borders are WIDE open over more than 50% of the southern border... not to mention nobody watches the beaches and we don't even have a fence on the northern border at all.
Oh come on!! They want to make sure the kid is ok ! There's a lot of human trafficking and they're only trying to do her part. Trying to get some money.
The got stopped cold coming off the plane, then they got the daughter scared, upset, and crying...Different moms react differently to that...Southwest is finding out they need a better mechanism to kick in when they get it wrong...Additionally, the mother is alleging that the flight attendant lied on the initial call..
Isn’t it better to be safe than sorry? If trafficking was the issue, would the airlines also be responsible for trafficking/transporting across state or continental jurisdictions? How do you distinguish the difference between trafficking and not trafficking? We are always quick to judge and condemn people but none of us would be able to tell you how to correctly address the issue. We are Hippocrates.
If it is that bad of a problem, then EVERYBODY traveling with a companion should be required to show proof of who they are and the relationship between them, regardless of age. Without that, it is profiling. "Those people are suspicious and the rest are not."
the signs to look for were no direct eye contact and not answering questions such as, what soda do you want, etc. If the child is on the Autism Spectrum he or she might not provide eye contact and may also be nonverbal. The ability to communicate verbally or nonverbally might be absent. The social skills of some children that are diagnosed with AS are impaired.
@@jrchefal so they shouldn’t question anyone or lookout for strange behavior? You must not be aware of how bad the human trafficking situation has become. How is this racist?
@@CarterKey6 The only reason they called the police was because a white woman was with non white child. No other reason = RACISM. Should everyone who see's this lady and her daughter automatically call the cops on them?
In my country parents are required to present a copy of the child's birth certificate or any form of ID for domestic flights. Human trafficking has nothing to do with race. I think the airline should have checked the ticket and identification of the passengers before calling the cops on their suspicion.
If this child was white, this woman would have never been stopped. I don't call that vigilant. This is why traffickers would NEVER send a black kid on a plane with a white woman. it's stupid considering all of the racism in America.
Maybe I'm wrong, but in this case I'm just glad that someone was concerned enough to check on a little Black girl's safety bc so often Black girls are ignored and disregarded. So often ppl associate White womanhood w innocence, and the fact that the flight attendants dismissed that kind of bias in favor of potentially saving that child's life, to me speaks volumes about their character and desire to do the right thing. I wasn't there, and maybe they cld have gone about it w more diplomacy, but I worry that after this lawsuit, ppl will be afraid to advocate for Black children and we'll be stuck in the cycle of ppl not protecting Black girls but this time out of fear rather than disregard. Idk...
Good for her! My brother has experienced this as a dark brown man with a biracial daughter to the point at the age of 3 he STOPPED taking her to the park for their safety. Aunt Mekea stepped in & begin taking her. 1 day in 2014 in the suburbs where i was raised i took them to my favorite ice cream spot called Anne's foot long. A racist 45 yr old woman struck up a convo with us. My 4.5 yr old niece & i didnt think anything until we were about to leave & she grabbed her by the Wrist saying she looks like her granddaughter, accused me of kidnapping her, bribing her w/ ice cream. As my niece pulled away from the psycho lady, in tears, sayingAunt Mekea im scared. I picked my niece up, pried her hand off her wrist & called her the racist she is. The owner & employees knew me as a patron & said let her niece go. My niece screamed for my brother. We made it out, all 3 of us in tears, my brother calmly said this is why i Stayed in ths truck, Let's go before the police come. I was still in disbelief & told him they weren't coming we did nothing until i saw 4 cop cars zooming down Ritchie hwy. Idk until then she had called the police. I've never gone back & we no longer eat tall cones with Jimmy's. We go to Rita's instead.
If an large, angry & tough looking Mexican man got on with a tiny Asian girl you bet they'd be pulled aside. This wasn't the kind of racial profiling the woman is trying to claim. She's a North American white female, part of the most privileged group of humans on earth. If they think she looked a little suspicious flying with a cute little black girl, good on them for putting the child's safety ahead of the white woman's feelings.
That Southwest airlines is racist.. I was also a victim of racism with that airlines.. I was in the plane sitting down and they kept picking on me and asking me if I was okay and I had to answer them like five different times.. it seems they wanted to get some sort of reaction from me or pick a fight.. I believe they were looking for a reason to throw me off the plane.. I was smart enough not to take the bait.. that was the last time I flew with them I really don't like that airlines because they are very unprofessional..
I understand how she feel but human trafficking is so common that some innocent ppl will get accuse. She is using her privilege to sue but no.. Southwest should apologize but not give into this lawsuit.. we need to stay vigilant about human trafficking, not make this about race and i have a biracial child too
@@baconoverlord7982The fact that you had to ask that. And I thought you cared about children’s safety. Booking a child ticket is a lot harder than you think. Notice how it takes more documents to book a child’s ticket. All the staff at boarding need to do is scan the boarding pass while security actually do their job; making sure everyone is safe. A solution is right there and you reject it. Child trafficking only exist because the policies are terrible and easy for traffickers to find loopholes
@@LeBronyaJames Did you maybe want some tapdance shoes for your attempt to dance around the fact that you are embarrassed? Or maybe you want to realize that I'm right and the children should be the main focus? Don't blame the airline for doing the right thing... wahhhh, you got inconvenienced, poor baby.
They didn’t wait to do anything they clearly said her BEHAVIOR was off & that why she was questioned if it was her child. She boarded the plane & nothing else happened unit she sued & called the news
I have had a situation like this before police pull me over because my mix-race cousin was in the car with me they thought she was a runaway but I get it when it comes to kids you can never be to careful
Ok those "red flags" that expert spoke of are so vague. I'm the parent of a son with social anxiety and when he was a preteen/teen he would have answered staff with one word replies, head down. He didn't do it to be rude but just bc he was so shy and his anxiety would've been at max level if we were about to fly. And some kids that age are just moody brats and often don't want to deal with adults, that's part of growing up but could now be construed as strange behavior? The expert also said "look for a young child under the control of a guardian"... That's literally being a parent. 🙄 "Kids not looking like the adult they're with"... not every child is an exact replica of their parents. I was adopted and didn't look like my parents, but then again we are all white. I think that's the point here and agree that mom and daughter were racially profiled. Such a shame. I agree everyone should be aware of things going on around them, but the airline staff should be better trained and not make snap decisions based on looks.
She needs to swallow her pride and see the bigger picture. I would rather people ask uncomfortable questions that just take you a few minutes to answer and be on your way, than real traffickers slip under the radar because people were afraid they might offend their feelings. Her child doesn't look like her. That's just a fact. The bigger picture is the protection of children from a heinous and out of control crime. That's worth a little discomfort.
@@southtxblues It has happened in my family several times. My brother doesn't look like his children as they are biracial. He understood what the train and airline staff are trained to do and what they are trying to prevent. He had no problems with the procedures and neither did any of his extended family when he told us about the incidents. We all get the bigger picture.
@marigoldbeam5475...I get what you are trying to say but what you are missing is that they didn't speak to her first, they immediately called the police. If they had asked their questions first, they would have gotten the information they needed. Instead they in a sense, ambushed her. This is what the problem is. They racially profiled her.
@@antoinettejohnson4824 I can't agree with you. Look at the statistics for child trafficking. Think about what that means for each child, really think about it. What cases like this woman's will do is deter staff and people who should ask questions and intervene from doing so for fear of litigation or just getting an almighty earful from someone who is more concerned about their pride being hurt than the global pandemic of trafficking... I hope with time to reflect she reconsiders pursuing what appears in the context to be a frivolous case.
Damn people can’t even be good citizens now days . This lady crying looking for attention . And I’m a father of 3 biracial kids. They we’re concerned and they was doing their job .
Every minor on an international flight has to show a passport. Every minor on a domestic flight should have to show a birth certificate along with notarized guardianship documents or court documents if traveling with grandparents or guardian. That way no one is singled out.
I witnessed the opposite in the library the other day. Blk woman and white toddler. This lady followed her around the library "observing" the interaction between woman and child. It turns out she was the nanny but how weird that must be for her to take the child to various places as instructed by the parents but to be followed as if she has kidnapped a child🤦🏾♀🤷🏾♀
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A mother has filed a lawsuit against Southwest Airlines, claiming racial profiling after she was accused of human trafficking. www.qcnews.com/nexstar-media-wire/mom-sues-southwest-airlines-claiming-racial-profiling-after-she-was-accused-of-trafficking-biracial-daughter/
I'm a mother of multi-ethnic children. When my daughter was about three weeks old, I proceeded to take her to her doctor's appointment for her checkup.
While sitting at a bus stop, an anglo woman approached us and asked if she could see my baby. I let her have a peak but didn't say much because I'm quite shy. No less than three minutes later, two police cars pull up at the bus stop on the curb. The officers hurried over and proceeded to ask me about my daughter and myself. I became very agitated and angry.
You see, I'm a medium brown skinned, blue eyed black woman with - at the time 26 years ago - a baby with green eyes, blonde hair and very pale skin. Not only did I miss my bus, I was deeply confused and humiliated!
I told the officers that if my daughter had my coloring, this wouldn't have happened! She disagreed.
It took me a few weeks to come down from that!
I'm sorry that happened to you. Sending healing energy
I guess you're not American. This place is crazy.
I would have settled down after court!!!
Wow 🤷
@@aquilaclark814No lawyer back then would take the case, and no judge or jury would side with you…Back then that is the way things were.
People want to do something to stop trafficking, but as a survivor I can tell you that what most people think they know about it is so wrong that it can actually make things worse, like in this case where racial profiling diverted resources to the wrong direction. People insist on a very narrow idea of it and won't listen to what trafficked people have to say about it. It means being willing to hear some painful, hard to hear things.
These companys need you to help them with their training as a survivor. It may be difficult but it may also help with your recovery. Do the good, others may need you. God bless 🙏
Yes maybe you have a Calling to help educate since you absolutely know. I'm sorry you know but I'm very glad you survived
I agreed as I have also been a victim of it these folks have no clue
@@Patiencelywaitinghisreturnmaybe they have no clue, but it is well-known that child trafficking is abundant in our country & personally as a mother, I would not have had a problem with being questioned & made to show proof as it would have shown me that they are watching out for child traffickers
I was trafficked to just not in the sense people tend to think and I disagree with you this is exactly what they need to do this tactic has stopped traffickers and saved victims
This woman had her daughter’s birth certificate, and other forms of proof, All they had to do is ask! But they called the police and made a spectacle of them….on top of not believing she was going to a funeral. It was clearly mishandled. And its not like they’re going to jump off the plane by being questioned.
So she needed to show her child's freedom papers. Black people have been yelling these things for years racial profiling is real.
They don't need to show documents if the ONLY "suspicious" part of the situation is that the child and parent "appear" to be a different race.
Like the police can sort out anything, they don't know the laws themselves...plus they have all that lady's information just do a thorough investigation and if fault is found, then raid her house at 0300hrs.....Tell me one account of a "effing" stewardess thwarting a "trafficking" incident....
@sarahbyrd772 I leave the country often. I need both parents' signatures with the phone number on a note and the birth certificate . But they will ask before pulling me over. Because I know what's about to happen I have the paperwork in hand as soon as they say the child, paperwork in the face.
The flight attendants are not responsible to investigate, that's why they called the authorities
I would NEVER let my child go to a public bathroom by herself. All manner of evil happens in those places. And some kids are naturally shy, they will not speak to a stranger. I believe the only thing 'suspicious' about this mother, was her skin color.
i always thought only black people are kidnapping white children???
i am sure you dont get that much of money for a black kid!
Well said
Lol how IRONIC
Agreed When my son was 5, I would check the mens room and then block anyone going in until my son was done. 99% of men understood and waited
@@sylviaa4884 its so sad, you live a life of fear, and my daughter travels with her 2 friends to Paris, age 16, without a parent...
welcome to Europe!
i went to another country at the age of 4, with the neighbor kids, eating ice... oldest been around 10...
but it helped a lot to live just 200m from the border and in they never stopped kids crossing it...
but again, its in Europe, we have borders others cant see...because there is nobody to stop you from crossing!
and did you know, we dont have mass shootings, not at the work or in schools..!
As a mother of a biracial child, I had my daughter snatched out of my arms on a train. So this is a RAW subject for me. I love the idea of doing some research on passengers before holding them up as they exit the plane. While I want to protect kids who are being trafficked, with technology we can be smarter and protect the rights of traveling parents.
People need to start fighting together, a class action suit!
They have footage of the same ms13 Hispanic lady with the gang tattoos picking up several different children at different times for gangs and trafficking. They even spotted common manilla envelopes on the people buying/stealing kids and still let it happen. She probably got the only agent that had a brain cell fire up and say this doesn't look right maybe I should check and he apparently sucked at it. Now it'll be worse with the child trafficking bc cops will be like no we saw dude mess up and get in trouble leave it to the fbi. Which will more likely be a fbi agent buying a child then helping.
Yes, id agree. I'm a white older woman in my 60's. Believe it or not I'm discriminated against quite frequently..White privilege is a true myth when it applies to me💯😊💖
yeah right...when was this? smh
@catherinemoore2188 What has happened to you?
Man, my son is somewhat on the spectrum. He is also mixed. If a stranger asks him a question even when I'm standing next to him, he will not answer and won't look them in the eye either. This is nuts.
You hit the nail on the head. This was nuts.
So you would prefer that the airline does nothing and allow all the human traffickers to walk on through unimpeded? Maybe you could, as a parent with a child who is on the spectrum, take some responsibility and ring either the airline or the relevant LEOs ahead of time and let them know when you will be flying and offer to provide any supporting documentation they might require for you to travel unimpeded? Or are you so entitled as to think that you shouldn't have to take any additional effort to avoid the measures that are in place to protect vulnerable children? Your child has you to look out for them and ensure they have a smooth travel experience. The children being trafficked only have the staff at the airline looking out for them. Are you really suggesting that this last line of defence should be taken away from them just so that you don't have to bother being a responsible parent?
@@michaelheliotis5279 Great response. Some people can't see past their own upturned noses... we call them Democrats.
This all very interesting as We never went through any of that growing up. Our hair was curly but we turned out to have olive skin. So tanned beautifu Bronze in the summers is when we all looked the same. My mum being part Italian. Only until my sister married( to a Black man) had 3 kids they turned out to be jet Black. My mother got questioned all the time as to who were those kids. SHE DID NOT WANT TO admit they were her grandchildren. Until they became around 12 she didnt care anymore about the strange looks she got or what people thought. Although she did not make it obvious to them growing up, so they had no trauma they grew up loving their white grandmother.
@@michaelheliotis5279 I expect the staff to perform their due diligence before we even get to the gate, i.e., check IDs, birth certificate, boarding passes,etc. What is the TSA for? I shouldn't have to tell LEO my child's personal issues. If they have concerns about MY child, they should speak to me, not him. I understand the Sound of Freedom has triggered alot of people, but we have to think rationally instead of having this knee jerk reaction that everyone who gets on the plane with a child is a trafficker! It's getting out of hand.
She said a mouthful “Stop and check your biases before you call the police”! People of color been saying that for decades so I hope you get their attention!
Nope. I will continue to deal with reality.
@@sana-cm7oc I guess you are a trump supporter.
@@BarryE48 Lol nope
@@BarryE48 You Democrats always think anyone with an IQ over 10 is automatically "MAGA" or something. Don't be upset when you don't understand something. You're a Democrat and should be used to that by now in your life.
@@BarryE48 just a brain dead racist! Nothing to see here!
“Under the control of a guardian”? “Can’t go to the bathroom by themselves?” Seriously? That’s called BEING A PARENT‼️These people need to go deeper in their analysis because they harass real people while letting real criminals move around freely.
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Well one could argue that there isn't enough checks we could do to protect children this woman will jeopardise the safety of other children around the world... she is awful and ridiculous..
Rubbish
@@amouryourskin4691I agree! Child trafficking is horrendous & is now an epidemic in our country! I would not be upset if I were stopped & questioned as a parent for them to insure I was their parent. What if someone had taken my child & they had not stopped them & questioned them & may have saved my child? this lady needs to stop her rant, I'm sure those who have had a child taken do you not see being stopped and questioned to ensure the safety of your child the way this lady did! she's being ridiculous & just wants $$!!
My former co-worker is a BW that birthed four blonde, blue-eyed daughters with her white husband and she was constantly asked if she is their nanny.
Note: We lived on a military installation where you see biracial kids all day.
Lol
Then she's mixed race, not black, to be able to birth blonde blue-eyed quarter cast kids.
All day 😂. ❤
This has been happening for decades, SOMETIMES WORST (for those who say it’s not the same).
Back in the 70s, when I was 4 yrs old, my 3 yr old brother and I was removed from my White Russian mom’s care by NYC hospital security and police during an emergency room hospital visit when I had a strept throat. We were under the care of the Administration for Children Service (ACS-what it was called back then) and kept in that hospital for over a month while they dragged on to check if she was really our mom. Fortunately, my bother and I were too young to be severely traumatized by the event because we didn’t know or understand what was going on at the time. It was a few years later when I asked my mom why were we in the hospital for so long and she explained what happened.
How horrible & unacceptable!😡 I am so sorry this happened to you & your brother. CPS & TSA have to do better!
not the same thing...lol
That is terrible.
Omg, America 🇺🇸 needs to stop this now 😢😢😢
Wow 😢😢😢😢
Sadly, after this lawsuit, if they'll be punished in millions, Southwest employees might be ordered not to act on any suspicious passengers.
This is what I am afraid could happen. I certainly hope not.
I was thinking the same thing, if this woman wins her lawsuit then I bet it becomes instantly easier to human traffic by airplane- she will feel good to help eradicate all "biases" while we have less checks on possible trafficking
Not at all. If there is REAL suspicious activity, then there is no problem at all. This case hinges on the question if skin color ONLY, by itself, already constitutes suspicious activity.
Yes it would be horrible for employees to be properly trained
Obviously, we don't see the entire interaction. If it was solely based on them having two different skin colors, then that's definitely very concerning. However, it takes more than that to cause alarm for airline employees. Makes you wonder, did something else happen on the plane not reported? So now, because the attendant has been called racist, what happens if she second guesses herself in the future and this incident causes a child to be trafficked? As a parent, this intrusion seemed minimal at best. Again, from the limited clip shown. I personally would have been thankful they are watching out for trafficking. If I had been detained and brought to a room, then that would be different. The more I'm writing, I'm also thinking if she gets a huge settlement from the airline then they may change their protocols to avoid future lawsuits but in doing so make it easier for trafficking to happen.
I find it odd that one of the "flags" for identifying a potential trafficking child is that they do not talk to the airport/airline people when we as parents have been telling them since they could sit up is "beware of and don't talk to strangers".
Growing up, I was told not to talk to strangers aswell. However, I was also told to speak when spoken to. Especially in the presents of my parents.
It is a known fact that child traffickers threatened children to not talk to anyone or they will kill them!
If this is human intelligence, Artificial Intelligence (AI) will screw up people badly.
I’m black, my husband is white, and we do a lot of international traveling with our kids. I have no problem with airport officials asking my kids questions. Trafficking is real and more prevalent than many Americans realize.
Amen!! It’s about protecting children!!
Sooooo trafficking only happens when there’s white/black individuals???? Did they stop white moms with white children????
THIS WAS CLEARLY RACIAL PROFILING!
I agree! They are trying to protect children! It sucks, but they are trying to keep this from happening! Karen’s don’t understand this is a reality happening next to there homes
You’re not everybody! Not everyone is ok with being racially profiled
Yessss ..this more her being a white woman than the child black women/mixed women...has face all the time...
My situation was nowhere near extreme like this but I used to constantly get asked if I was babysitting my own child because she really favors her dad. Profiling sucks!
Angela, story of my life. i too have a black mum. she is from africa. my mother would often go and handle , flying tickets, luggage etc.. my 2 brothers and I we worked out on our own why we were the ones holding our father's hands . its been many more unpleasant issues growing up
I get the same. I'm black (dark skinned) and my daughter is half Hispanic. My daughter is very light in color, almost pink. Most people think I'm babysitting. I've even had them laugh until they see my expression
Your choice. Deal with it.
Sana stop talking
This happened to us as children! My dad is a white Latino and my mom is a dark Latina! We all came out white as snow and some people did not believe that was our mother. Funny is that my older sister and her white husband had a brown child! Lol 😂
Children need to be protected at all cost. I am a mother of a biracial child, and I would not at all be bothered by being stopped and interrogated. This mother is suing because she feels like she was racially profiled...If that's the case, Black people should be putting in similar lawsuits everyday.
IF that was the case. Don't think so. Had a white woman and white child been profiled , that was the real trafficking. Understandable. It was the blk skin that was checked. Suspicious.
Blks are profiled daily. You missy chose the illusion.
Same. As an aunt to a biracial nephew, I was stopped by a white male in a small town and asked. My nephew was about 3 months old and look fully white. I was nervous thinking someone’s going to call the police and they are going to take him from me or hurt me. It’s scary but if I was traveling I would want questions ask bc we see it so much.
100% correct!!
You can prove your innocence all day long, but bystanders will judge you and never believe that you are. I know. It's happened to me.
Either you question everybody or you question nobody. The rules and laws should apply to ALL, not just certain individuals who look like this or that. The airline’s system is terribly organised and run.
This is why consistency in law making and enforcement are important. Justice is blind, it has no bias because in order to have bias, you must be able to see.
Exactly, bc it's plenty white ppl walking around with kidnapped white kids.
I know the airline was wrong but Law suit like this will deter the airline from stepping up in the future when suspicion someone being kidnapped / trafficking because they are afraid of being sued
Imagine if she WAS a trafficking victim and they said nothing?
Exactly!
I am a black woman and one time on a flight, I was sitting next to a white child. During the flight, the flight attendant asks the boy, "Where are your parents". I thought to myself in that moment, how frustrating it must be for a person of another race to adopt a child of a different race. I noticed the flight attendant was also rude towards me and did not say goodbye to me as I was leaving the plane.
@@SPEEDNOTPOWERAre you saying 70k black girls are going missing every day, or is 70k so far? What time period does that figure cover? That needs to be known.
@@SPEEDNOTPOWER Yeah, but there should definitely be other reasons aside from someone's race as to why they she be targeted and questioned!! Stop gaslighting people! Your statement was ridiculous!! 🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄
oh noes. Do you want a cookie?
@@SPEEDNOTPOWERthis notion of harassing everyone is stupidity incarnate. It won't help with the rates and will make the problem worse. The ends don't justify the means there.
@SPEEDNOTPOWER Yeah, you are so concerned about black girls!! 🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄 Woman, just shut the heck up! No matter how many paragraphs you type. They were out of line and should not have done this!! Go sit in the corner somewhere. You are behaving like a person obsessed, and my opinion remains exactly the same.
Dear mother. Your child is not perceived as black. Your daughter is black. Those are America’s rules. Teach her she is black and things go differently for us. If you do not she may face more heartache and harm than you know. Biracial is a word for your home, your family and friends. Don’t blame me blame America.
I find that biracial kids spend a lot more time with their white family members so they lose their black identity, until America reminds them. The mom obviously has a problem with her child being described as black and looks like she's raising her child to think the same way.
Her child is of mixed race, she is not just black. She is black and white, that’s facts. What you spouted are not.
The government and Democrats cause everyone to act this way because they label everyone in some way instead of calling us American
If the Airlines acted in Good Faith, then this lawsuit should be dismissed.
I’d rather see someone stopped & questioned than find out later that the child had been trafficked.
PROTECT THE CHILDREN !!!
STOP! JUST STOP!
They never initially asked mom for paper work.
It was a " sneak attack "
100% correct!! The mother would feel differently if her child was missing and was saved by an airport employee taking the time to question her abductor. Good job!!
With that philosophy…… stop and question EVERY ADULT accompanying a child and not only the adults that look different from their children.
This is not about protecting kids.
This is pure " profiling " wake up America, how many incidents must we present to you before you "GET IT ".
Can you give us the benefit of the doubt ONCE.????????
@@spirit13the1st6 a sneak attack 😎😂😂😂 Get real!!
This has happened to me numerous times . My son is biracial . I get stopped and interrogated all the time. I stopped traveling with him . His dad is white, blue eyes and blonde hair travel with him and no one has ever questioned him . I think this happen mostly to single moms .
Mate with your own race and avoid this issue,sista!
It happens to everyone that meets specific criteria. Cope. It's for the welfare of a child...
@@francescoavila6960So bring back segregation? That’ll solve the issue. And what about child traffickers who traffic children the same race as them?
Maybe, idk, people who can’t take care of children shouldn’t have any? Ideally, you should ban everyone from having kids since that’ll end child trafficking
@francescoavila6960 race us just a social construct used to divide people. It shouldn't even exist but it does because people want the idea of superiority. People should not have to forgo love because other people are stupid.
@@francescoavila6960Never!!❤
People of color are seen as suspicious all the time. This mother has a melanated child and is experiencing something she did not grow up experiencing. I hope her daughter is in touch with her father's family to learn how to navigate a society that will automatically view her with suspicion.
I doubt it ......she seemed like a single mom lost in the wilderness
Just say "black people". Why do you have to use the term "people of color" when you're only talking about black people? You don't see Asians robbing and killing all the time. They don't have to worry about racial profiling. It's not the police's fault that black people dominate the statistics for violent crime in the US despite being only 13 % of the US population. Put some blame on yourselves.
Its not the first time this happened to a caucasian parent though. Far from it.
This is SO annoying, because my niece is very light skinned and im dark and whenever we go ANYWHERE together alone (I am her guardian) we have people looking at us weird as hell. It drives me crazy tbh because it's all based on looks, nothing weird or even unusual, they just get concerned when two people look different and are different ages.
Because that's one of the signs to look for you realize that tactic right there has busted many many traffickers and saved many victims oh no your inconvenienced for a little bit oh no I'd rather be a little bit inconvenienced and save someone from being a victim to everyone just looking the other way your way of thinking is why things have got so bad
When I got married I had no intention of changing my last name and it wasn’t important for me or my husband. These types of cases are what made me add his last name because I knew if my kids came out much lighter than me I would at least need us to have the same last name when traveling.
Why didn't you give them both of your last names? Especially as you actually risk you live birthing them.
@@xian4812😂 they should have the man's last name. Stop trying to be a revolutionary.
What does them being light skinned have to do with anything
Yup, my friend gets held up at the airport every time she travels because her kid has a different surname. She is unmarried and the child has her father's surname. But I don't blame the airlines for paying attention and making sure the kid is okay.
@@GunshinzeroIt’s actually cultural. In Latin America kids have both. It’s not “revolutionary”. And not every culture is the same. Expand your horizons.
Edit: *not
Her daughter is "traumatized" because her Mom told her to be. A 2 minute encounter with an airline employee does NOT traumatize a child. Especilliay one as big as this kd. Mama can't look past all the good Southwest Airlines is doing to eliminate human trafficking to see her own paycheck. Shame on you!
And what if it was a trafficked child? If someone suspects someone, I think it is best to speak up. Turns out she wasn't, but I think the SW employee did her job.
Yes, if someone thought it was a trafficked child, I could understand that. However, this was a mother and her daughter, and I know damn well that mother did nothing or said nothing that would make someone think that she is trafficking her own child. That's just ridiculous however I would be willing to bet it was a nosey a$$ Karen that initiated the issue.
Exactly
The employee could have asked the same questions as the police officer and saved this family the humiliation of being interrogated by police in public. I don't know what their company policy is, but calling police because the mon and daughter are of different complexions and the mom was being protective, is ridiculous.
@@cocofluff Sometimes you get a gut feeling. Obviously, she got it wrong, but the police would be called there every day if it was only about complexion. They are probably trained to call the police when there is suspicious behaviour and not make that decision themselves.. which is what she did. Teachers are taught to do the same...sometimes people make judgement calls and they're wrong - but what if that employee saved that girl that day from a paedophile ring... we would all be praising her... she made a call based on her training and/or gut and thankfully it was a wrong call - but the mother is blowing it way out of proportion, the SW employee did her job and was protecting a child's wellbeing... you can feel differently about it and that's ok - but if it was my child I'd say thank you for being so concerned and I'm glad you're looking out for kids. Anyway - just a difference of opinion and that's ok - what matters is that the child is safe and not in any danger. No harm done.
There is no way to know ahead of time if they are not together. You have to use your best judgement.
Sadly, there are too many lawsuits for almost everything. This one is not justified.
How can they NOT see that her daughter LOOKS JUST LIKE HER MOTHER!!! Smh
Because they're looking at skin color only. She does look just like her mom.
@@ufleury7373TWINNING
Lol
They also have mask on....
@@ufleury7373I think he's kidding?
Imagine how we feel we're black with a white child blonde hair blue eyes you had a 2 minute conversation we have a 20 minute conversation
Facts
This typically happens to black adults with biological children who don’t phenotypically present as black and with adopted children who are anything other than black. It’s crazy.
It doesn’t matter the time 2 or 20 minutes, that child/children are traumatized
As it should! Lol 😂
And? For the safety of the child you should be happy they are getting involved. Imagine if someone snatched your child and this was how they reacted to someone else that had it.... People posting here can't see beyond their own upturned noses.
why is so many single mothers in the US? its really crazy
Better safe than sorry. Trafficking is real and not discusses enough.
South West Airlines shouldn't be held accountable for doing their job. This could've been and actual kid napping. Just because the airlines ask to show if the child is really his or her's doesn't or shouldn't get sued. All the parents flying need to know you're going to be asked if your son, or daughter is yours. This needs to be mandatory at all airports throughout American and the world.
Really, so you mean to tell me two different skin colors means someone is being traffic 🙃 you are the problem 🤔
@@PigeonaLawThe problem is you, you're so color struck until you can't or will not understand. The issues on the floor is human trafficking. The air ports are the easiest way to get the children's or adults to a location, and transported to a buyer to be flown out of the country or sexually assaulted and killed in America. This's a business, South West Airlines responsibility is to recognize and trained to recognize if human trafficking is taken place. It has nothing to do with skin color. If your son or daughter or sister or brother was adducted and if they entered the airport and someone ask if that's there's parents, and they catch the adductor with your family members, your whole attitude about the issues would change. On my job we're to spot human trafficking in our are. Are they perfect no, but they're trying to do there job , I'll agree with the Airlines.
How TF would you be able tp prove that? Give a blood sample each time? This is 2023 & Americans are still pretending to be ignorant AF about what mixed race folks can look like!
How's the boot leather taste, Quinton?
@@Carl_Aznable To you my friend, suing is the new normal in America. As I said before, I'm going to support South West Airlines policies about human trafficking. Maybe on day you'll understand the importance of what all Airlines doing to help in this area. For you go to Walmart and look on the wall, how many children's and teenagers are missing. You're childish in this matter. It could've been my children's or anyone children's as well. We don't know but I'm glad they doing their job.
Yup, this happened to me too, when my daughter was 10, at Toronto Airport at US immigration (you go through immigration prior to boarding there). It was simply because my daughter is black and I am not. She is my biological daughter, but she looks like her Dad... not me. We nearly missed our flight. It was most definitely traumatizing for both of us (they threatened to separate us and did for a few moments). This happened 24 years ago and it is not something either of us will ever forget!
Interestingly, her Dad drove her across the border all the time and was never asked about being her parent.
He is quite dark, I am quite 'white' and she is in the middle.
I’m glad they check because there are so many children hurt and I know it was difficult for the mother I’m still glad they ask. I pray that they don’t stop trying to make sure children aren’t being trafficked out of fear of being sued
well said. Thats exactly the problem here. If we penalize the airline for this, we send a message that says "Look the other way. Don't get involved."
@@winterblossom4446 Or the message is "Don't use race or skin color when deciding suspicion of human trafficing". The fact is that human trafficers are probably smart enough to not call attention to themselves by pairing trafficed children with someone of a different race. The fact remains this family would never have been under suspicion if they were people with similar complexions, which means this flight personnel is likely "letting" trafficed kids go by unnoticed all the time because they are traveling with people who share their skin tone. Using race as a reason for suspicion of criminal activity is never okay. Never.
Protecting children from trafficking is more important than people getting their feelings hurt because they were questioned! It has NOTHING to do with race! God’s Children Are Not For Sale!
All well and good until it happens to you. This all smells of "stay within your race or skin color and you won't be bothered." I adopted an Hispanic child and have been questioned and doubted repeatedly.
@@MusicballI completely agree!
The first time I flew anywhere TSA asked my niece and nephew if I was their aunt. It was very upsetting for me and them. They were young, shy and scared and didn’t want to talk to them. And I was horrified because they even asked but then the kids were silent. I don’t think they ever answered and their mom had to answer for them. It was quite upsetting and we are the same skin color. I can’t even imagine being stopped with police and asked if your own biological child was yours or not and basically being accused of child kidnapping or trafficking.
Yet Epstein flew everywhere unimpeded
So you were asked questions. That’s AWFUL!
Wahh? I mean... seriously?! You're more upset about them being asked questions than the fact that these people were doing the right thing and could have potentially saved a child??!?! WHat's wrong with you?
You can't be serious? Horrifying and upsetting for asking basic questions! well I wish you the best and pray you can overcome that terrible day for all of you. PTSD counseling should help. Stay in it and battle on for the many challenging days ahead. And trust me there will be many
In the US they don't require proof of identification for children flying domestic (which is stupid but ok) their only way of "proving" is by asking such questions. It's standard.
This flight attendant needs to be charged with misuse of 911. They could have checked last names. Calling the police was vicious and could have resulted in someone getting shot. Shame on this racist behavior by this lady and the airline.
YUP
True. If they were wrong, why let the accused bear the delay, embarrassment, and looks of suspicion? If they were wrong, then let the airlines suffer a little.
This is an issue, but I am not surprised a white woman is making this an issue. I am a black Mom. My daughter is biracial Caribbean and Scottish and looks white. We live overseas, so we ALWAYS get stopped. They ALWAYS ask her questions. People ALWAYS think I am the nanny. But I am glad they are asking. HUMAN trafficking is a massive issue!!! I am so happy the police are checking and double-checking. We lived in Ohio, a HUGE human trafficking spot. So, my daughter is not sheltered; she is savvy and aware that the world can be a dangerous place.
My Mother was very fair, and my seven siblings when all together, we made sense, but my brother has red hair and freckles, and my sister people would think she is a Punjabi, South Asian. My Mom would always get asked whether they have the same father, usually by White people. So, Black women have been experiencing this type of racial profiling for YEARS!
Exactly, better safe than sorry. She's definitely playing it up saying her daughter was traumatized. If I was in her position, I'd be annoyed by just happy they're being safe.
I don’t see anything wrong with what they did. This happened with a lot of people. She proved that the young lady was hers and she went about her way. I see nothing wrong. When people don’t ask is when it actually happens and then you would blame the airlines for it.
Exactly!
Better safe than sorry. This is a real issue
This isn't racial profiling. My son has been questioned by TSA at airport & by border patrol driving int'l about our relationship/travel plan and he's same race as me. Im glad they check for suspected trafficking.
What?! The personal experience you've described isn't quite the same as the mother in this story, is it? They saw that the mom is white and her child isn't. They perceived that the mother and child we're DIFFERENT RACES., then decided to call the police. That is racial profiling.
On a flight traveling over an hour there's more than enough time to observe and engage in conversation. You could approach with snacks and simply ask (in that flight attendant voice) "Hi, is this pretty little one flying with you today?" or "Good afternoon, who do you have flying with you today?" There's so many easier and normal ways to check if a child is ok and in good hands. I would not have questioned why she was with her Mom, you know when a child doesn't want to be with someone.
That would still be profiling.
False. Traffickers know this spiel and have already taught the kid how to respond. Having the police there to check documents is the best way to handle it. Deal with it. The child's safety and wellbeing should be the forefront, not whether the mother had to answer a few questions.
@@baconoverlord7982If I live somewhere where I have to carry my child’s birth certificate everywhere I go with them, then I clearly live in a bad place.
I’ll only give that info if the government requires it, not an airline, who only needs my travel documents and ticket. Even buying a ticket is a deterrent of child trafficking since child can’t go alone and have to have parents book or sign off on the ticket.
Not every child that’s with an adult is being trafficked. Kids are honest so if you ask them who they are with, you’ll know if they are safe or not. You can easily tell if they’re lying in their answer since lying is something we learn to do. You can even see if they’re visibly uncomfortable or scared of the person they’re with. If you don’t know how to tell then maybe you’re the dangerous one.
What you’re saying is invalidating the child’s opinion and not caring about if they’re safe, you’re just focusing on arresting someone with very little info to go off of
The staff is already trying to juggle getting the flight ready with the flight crew(flight attendants) demand for their 30 minute break between flights. On top of that, they are asked to be on the lookout for human trafficking. There is a lot going on that is invisible to those waiting to board a flight. This is being done with fewer and fewer people each year as well.
Oh please. As the staff mentioned. The strange behavior while entering. Many children have been saved because of this.
This may make people less likely to report suspicious activity.
This is not a suspicious, you should ask before, ask for proof, u can also observe the child behaviour before call the police. Most of the time the children who have been trafficked they don’t have different skin colour from the traffickers ( because they are sneakier I think) so here it’s about stupidity. Maybe the Real child in danger have the same skin color of their trafficker. So don’t bother biracial family please or at least take a time to investigate before call the police
im on southwest side..protect kids at all costs.
Well of course u would mixed race kids is nothing new .
They even look alike Mother and daughter... Same eyes and same smile... Even if they weren't related, this is sad.
What an idiot. A few years ago, my then 16-yr old daughter (white) was pulled aside at Heathrow for the same concern. She was traveling alone to meet us in London on vacation. Authorities questioned her for nearly an hour to make sure she wasn't being coerced into traveling to London. Did we sue? Of course not. We appreciated the airline and airport staff paying attention and working to protect our daughter and other potential victims.
Her concern for her child does not make her an idiot. Your intolerance for another mother's desire to protect her child from racial profiling makes you an idiot though.
...notwithstanding, you/she completely missed that they were trying to protect the girl. It is literally their job. The races could have been reversed or changed in infinite combinations. But, the important thing is, now the mom's the ostensible victim-by-proxy, you see. Or you don't.@@cocofluff
Human trafficking is serious and people are getting away with it at the airports, but they have to do better especially when the adult has all the documentation.
They adult SHOULD have the documentation. Especially if the child is of a different race. It's not a convenient fact, but it's still a fact.
They made a mistake. They are trying to do their best at saving these children who are being trafficked all over the country on planes. What makes me concerned now is Southwest Airlines after being sued will say, were not getting involved anymore attempting to catch the handlers. These handlers beat these poor children into submission not to speak to anyone & to look down. They might have thought something was off by the child's behavior.
They thought they were trying to save this child from possible trafficking & yes, they did get it wrong but they honestly thought they were trying to save this child from a horrific fate.
I remember handlers use to work, & probably still do, a famous "world" park.
They would brake the parents hands away from the child's hand by walking through them then another would come & take & grab the child in a tight crowd. Drug the child instantly over their mouth & put them over their shoulder to take them to the restroom to change their clothes. Security would rush the parents to the front of the park quickly & close all other gates except 1 to get out. Security would then tell the parents do not look at the clothes, jackets or even the head of the child, as they could cover them with a small jacket. Focus on the shoes of the child . The parents would stand & watch each child leaving the park. Their child would always be asleep because they were drugged & often asleep & on the shoulder of the handler. Many were caught because of their shoes. They never changed their shoes. If they got out of the park- the child was gone.
So yeah, everyone is trying hard to save them & sometimes they do make mistakes trying to save these poor children. Lets pray they never stop trying.
Oh man This is a tough one since police or TSA might miss something another person catches. On the other hand a Karen or Ken might elect to 'see something' just to stir up trouble for a traveling family.
I think that's what happened here, some racist worker wanting to cause trouble. No one asked this woman any questions until a police officer pulled her over. Calling in the police is extreme.
This happened to me once by another customer at an arcade. I'm mexican and my kids are half British. The lady stopped me and asked "are they your kids" I said yes and she said "both of them"? I said yes why? She said I looked latin and they didn't look like me. My kids were 5 &6 yrs old are that time. Some people are gross. She saw them having a good time and us laughing together. 😑
She asked you first. Straight up before she made any assumptions. That’s not gross. You trying to out her like a racist idiot GROSS.
Actually lady the most lucrative crime is in fact human trafficking not drugs
Also she sounds like she is for racial profiling.
Mother and daughter were victims of a crime!
They were let go after some quick questions during heavy human trafficking. It's only a big deal bc we're looking at color and assuming it's the reason with no real proof of that even. Could have been trafficking. If they got held for an extended time and missed the flight sure I'd say compensate. Everyone watching sees the color difference and would have that moment if trafficking was your job to watch for it hits the red flag trigger necessary to say hold up. If her kid gets kidnapped this year by another white woman her argument eliminates the option to question the said kidnapper so double edged sword either way.
@CJ-yk4sn this lady just wants a payday. Guarantee this process was very accommodating compared to what most men have to deal with. She is already used to receiving child support so she figures, why not get another paycheck
People complaining about getting their feelings hurt becomes a real problem for real problems.
I’m sorry but I don’t see what the problem was? The mom was asked a question and she wasn’t detained.
I see..you must be one of those haa?
Don't fool yourself they are people that look like you but are not of your ethnic background. If you get where I am coming from and if not join a genealogical club or society and ask questions.
It's better to be safe than sorry because sex trafficking is huge right now.
@@goddesstshego2323 I’m not sure who one of those are but I’m black. And quite frankly I’m tired of white people claiming racial profiling. She was not brutalized, harassed or even wronged in any way. She’s making a mockery of black people (usually boys and men) whose actual life is in danger because of racial profiling.
@@Lovelyone1 Disagree,even Stevie Wonder can see that girl is biracial,that was racial profiling at it's cure.
"my kid was traumitized for being stopped for 2 minutes" what i hear is Big Moneyyyyy. And Lawyers ready to make Money also
Exactly, now she file a lawsuit, they won’t even look for traffickers anymore 6:25
Now the employees are gonna be scared to say something in the future.
There is no racial profiling here: there was no ill-intention. It’s simply preferable to ask and make sure the child is safe!
The road to hell is paved with good intention (by the ignorance). Spoken like a person who has no biracial children!!!
How would you like to be question like a criminal everytime you board a plane ???
Its not the airline job to play police. Just like its not the police job to play immigration.
In countries where police can just ask any random person for ID, often leads to abuse of power. The airline should be sued for 10mil for trauma & mental anguish..
@@RedHanded1969 My family is bi-racial too and I wouldn’t mind any well-intended questions.
@@ingefriedbianca
You dont mind ppl asking you, is this your child mam? Can you you prove it? Really..
How about if youre a black person driving expensive car & the police stopping you all the time, asking you to prove its your car !!! Or your house !!!
wow I like how everyone is just getting traumatized nowadays her daughter probably didn't even care. human trafficking has become a big thing now just get over and move on can't believe she sued. lame I would've just been like whatever.
Beautiful mom and daughter.
Sadly, after this lawsuit, if they'll be punished in millions, Southwest employees might be ordered not to act on any suspicious passengers. They need to take this issue not to offend the passengers and need to apologize profusely.
Employees should be properly trained
This could have been orchestrated for exactly that reason. See something say nothing. Then they can move kids around more easily.
Stop with the excuses! Keep eye out for the real victims!! Check proper documentation and stop giving excuses for wrong actions!
@@fortablet2933 sadly, humans are not perfect. Employees who have doubts of if they second guess themselves, they should be able to refer them to someone when they landed. If the suspected passengers are delayed, then just rebook then pay some compensation. But pay millions in damages because of that kind of mistake?? Common, the airlines will definitely change their policy to avoid being made a cash cow. Have mercy on the actual victims.
Would you feel the same if indeed she was trafficking? Perhaps all airlines need to show government issued ID cards or passports for their children if flying. That will be an expensive item of proof, especially if you have several children. I am glad they error on the side of caution, racial or not.
The mother had her daughter's birth certificate with her. Flight staff didn't even ask for any kind of ID.
@haymaker710 fair point but so is the post you commented on it should all be looked at closely especially while our borders wide open. Which that could definitely fix most the issue if our president wasn't a corrupt joke in it for foreign business deals.
@@CJ-yk4sn Our borders aren't open and they were flying domestic anyway.
Amen to that!
@@haymaker710 Our borders are WIDE open over more than 50% of the southern border... not to mention nobody watches the beaches and we don't even have a fence on the northern border at all.
The airline did nothing wrong. If they ask a question there is nothing wrong with that.
Oh come on!! They want to make sure the kid is ok ! There's a lot of human trafficking and they're only trying to do her part. Trying to get some money.
I do not agree with you, I fully agree with the mother and her daughter.
Stop with all the boogeyman stuff
@@otisyoungblood Hope she will get a million.
@@michael-101 hey I have interracial child and if this happens to me I would be thankful at least she's keeping an eye opened.
The got stopped cold coming off the plane, then they got the daughter scared, upset, and crying...Different moms react differently to that...Southwest is finding out they need a better mechanism to kick in when they get it wrong...Additionally, the mother is alleging that the flight attendant lied on the initial call..
Isn’t it better to be safe than sorry? If trafficking was the issue, would the airlines also be responsible for trafficking/transporting across state or continental jurisdictions? How do you distinguish the difference between trafficking and not trafficking? We are always quick to judge and condemn people but none of us would be able to tell you how to correctly address the issue. We are Hippocrates.
100 % correct. Protecting children is the #1 priority.
If it is that bad of a problem, then EVERYBODY traveling with a companion should be required to show proof of who they are and the relationship between them, regardless of age. Without that, it is profiling. "Those people are suspicious and the rest are not."
So true. Either you question everybody or you question nobody
You need more than color to make that judgment
Sorry, but being stopped and politely talked to for a couple of minutes should not cause "trauma," nor get anyone a huge settlement.
the signs to look for were no direct eye contact and not answering questions such as, what soda do you want, etc. If the child is on the Autism Spectrum he or she might not provide eye contact and may also be nonverbal. The ability to communicate verbally or nonverbally might be absent. The social skills of some children that are diagnosed with AS are impaired.
This moms hurt feelings are NOTHING compared to a child’s ripped organs and lifetime trauma! The airline did nothing wrong!
It seems these flight attendants didn't identify the clues properly. More training needed.
AGREED
Agree
At least the airline was paying close attention..
Sorry for the Mother..
It had to have been embarrassing as hell!!
At least they are looking out for this
No they are not. They are just racists trying to give this poor lady and her daughter a hard time. Wake up.
They are doing a horribly bad job of it then.
@@jrchefal so they shouldn’t question anyone or lookout for strange behavior? You must not be aware of how bad the human trafficking situation has become. How is this racist?
@@jrchefal how are they racist the employees were several different races
@@CarterKey6 The only reason they called the police was because a white woman was with non white child. No other reason = RACISM. Should everyone who see's this lady and her daughter automatically call the cops on them?
She's not traumatized. Its an act to get money and attention
In my country parents are required to present a copy of the child's birth certificate or any form of ID for domestic flights. Human trafficking has nothing to do with race. I think the airline should have checked the ticket and identification of the passengers before calling the cops on their suspicion.
EXACTLY!!!
Girl bye!! Lawsuit for making sure your black baby wasn’t being trafficked … isn’t that what we’re supposed to be doing…
Well, I can’t be mad about it. I appreciate them being vigilant!
If this child was white, this woman would have never been stopped. I don't call that vigilant. This is why traffickers would NEVER send a black kid on a plane with a white woman. it's stupid considering all of the racism in America.
Haven't these airline employees heard of adoption? Mixed-race children? What specific behavior of the mother was "suspicious"? None.
Maybe I'm wrong, but in this case I'm just glad that someone was concerned enough to check on a little Black girl's safety bc so often Black girls are ignored and disregarded. So often ppl associate White womanhood w innocence, and the fact that the flight attendants dismissed that kind of bias in favor of potentially saving that child's life, to me speaks volumes about their character and desire to do the right thing. I wasn't there, and maybe they cld have gone about it w more diplomacy, but I worry that after this lawsuit, ppl will be afraid to advocate for Black children and we'll be stuck in the cycle of ppl not protecting Black girls but this time out of fear rather than disregard. Idk...
Idk...this seems sooo dated to me. So many people are biracial these days. Especially in California!
Good for her! My brother has experienced this as a dark brown man with a biracial daughter to the point at the age of 3 he STOPPED taking her to the park for their safety. Aunt Mekea stepped in & begin taking her. 1 day in 2014 in the suburbs where i was raised i took them to my favorite ice cream spot called Anne's foot long. A racist 45 yr old woman struck up a convo with us. My 4.5 yr old niece & i didnt think anything until we were about to leave & she grabbed her by the Wrist saying she looks like her granddaughter, accused me of kidnapping her, bribing her w/ ice cream. As my niece pulled away from the psycho lady, in tears, sayingAunt Mekea im scared. I picked my niece up, pried her hand off her wrist & called her the racist she is. The owner & employees knew me as a patron & said let her niece go. My niece screamed for my brother. We made it out, all 3 of us in tears, my brother calmly said this is why i Stayed in ths truck, Let's go before the police come. I was still in disbelief & told him they weren't coming we did nothing until i saw 4 cop cars zooming down Ritchie hwy. Idk until then she had called the police. I've never gone back & we no longer eat tall cones with Jimmy's. We go to Rita's instead.
nobody gives a damn about your brother. We are protect kids FIRST.
Wow!.....
If an large, angry & tough looking Mexican man got on with a tiny Asian girl you bet they'd be pulled aside. This wasn't the kind of racial profiling the woman is trying to claim. She's a North American white female, part of the most privileged group of humans on earth. If they think she looked a little suspicious flying with a cute little black girl, good on them for putting the child's safety ahead of the white woman's feelings.
That Southwest airlines is racist.. I was also a victim of racism with that airlines.. I was in the plane sitting down and they kept picking on me and asking me if I was okay and I had to answer them like five different times.. it seems they wanted to get some sort of reaction from me or pick a fight.. I believe they were looking for a reason to throw me off the plane.. I was smart enough not to take the bait.. that was the last time I flew with them I really don't like that airlines because they are very unprofessional..
I understand how she feel but human trafficking is so common that some innocent ppl will get accuse. She is using her privilege to sue but no.. Southwest should apologize but not give into this lawsuit.. we need to stay vigilant about human trafficking, not make this about race and i have a biracial child too
Oh boy. Next time they're going to miss a real incident of human trafficking and then everybody will point fingers again.
If they were that concerned then do the background checks before the ticket sale.Don’t wait till the person try to inboard and then approach them
How does that even make sense?
@@baconoverlord7982The fact that you had to ask that. And I thought you cared about children’s safety. Booking a child ticket is a lot harder than you think. Notice how it takes more documents to book a child’s ticket. All the staff at boarding need to do is scan the boarding pass while security actually do their job; making sure everyone is safe.
A solution is right there and you reject it. Child trafficking only exist because the policies are terrible and easy for traffickers to find loopholes
@@LeBronyaJames Did you maybe want some tapdance shoes for your attempt to dance around the fact that you are embarrassed? Or maybe you want to realize that I'm right and the children should be the main focus? Don't blame the airline for doing the right thing... wahhhh, you got inconvenienced, poor baby.
They didn’t wait to do anything they clearly said her BEHAVIOR was off & that why she was questioned if it was her child. She boarded the plane & nothing else happened unit she sued & called the news
Keep suing these airports 👍👏
I have had a situation like this before police pull me over because my mix-race cousin was in the car with me they thought she was a runaway but I get it when it comes to kids you can never be to careful
I don’t know… with the amount of child trafficking right now and the police said “suspicious activity”, who knows what the lady did or said??
Pathetic money grab! Now airline employees won't ask questions anymore for fear of being sued. Traffickers will be happy about this.
Ok those "red flags" that expert spoke of are so vague. I'm the parent of a son with social anxiety and when he was a preteen/teen he would have answered staff with one word replies, head down. He didn't do it to be rude but just bc he was so shy and his anxiety would've been at max level if we were about to fly. And some kids that age are just moody brats and often don't want to deal with adults, that's part of growing up but could now be construed as strange behavior? The expert also said "look for a young child under the control of a guardian"... That's literally being a parent. 🙄 "Kids not looking like the adult they're with"... not every child is an exact replica of their parents. I was adopted and didn't look like my parents, but then again we are all white. I think that's the point here and agree that mom and daughter were racially profiled. Such a shame. I agree everyone should be aware of things going on around them, but the airline staff should be better trained and not make snap decisions based on looks.
on the flip side human trafficing is real and god forbid someone is uncomfortable once and awhile. It saves lives.
People can rent a child to illegally cross the border, but a woman with her child can’t get on a flight! 😂
I HOPE SHE SUES THE HELL OUT OF THEM!! I have a Biracial child and grandchildren!!🤬🤬 This is a load of CRAP!!
She said, “Human trxff!cking is the 2nd most lucrative occupation in the world next to [substance distribution].”
WELL, THANK GOD SOMEONE WAS LOOKING OUT FOR A BLACK CHILD FOR ONCE.
GOOD FOR THEM!
She needs to swallow her pride and see the bigger picture. I would rather people ask uncomfortable questions that just take you a few minutes to answer and be on your way, than real traffickers slip under the radar because people were afraid they might offend their feelings. Her child doesn't look like her. That's just a fact. The bigger picture is the protection of children from a heinous and out of control crime. That's worth a little discomfort.
Swallow your own pride, who are you to suggest someone else swallow their pride.
It's a "little discomfort" until it happens to YOU. Emotional trauma is not a "little discomfort."
@@southtxblues It has happened in my family several times. My brother doesn't look like his children as they are biracial. He understood what the train and airline staff are trained to do and what they are trying to prevent. He had no problems with the procedures and neither did any of his extended family when he told us about the incidents. We all get the bigger picture.
@marigoldbeam5475...I get what you are trying to say but what you are missing is that they didn't speak to her first, they immediately called the police. If they had asked their questions first, they would have gotten the information they needed. Instead they in a sense, ambushed her. This is what the problem is. They racially profiled her.
@@antoinettejohnson4824 I can't agree with you. Look at the statistics for child trafficking. Think about what that means for each child, really think about it. What cases like this woman's will do is deter staff and people who should ask questions and intervene from doing so for fear of litigation or just getting an almighty earful from someone who is more concerned about their pride being hurt than the global pandemic of trafficking... I hope with time to reflect she reconsiders pursuing what appears in the context to be a frivolous case.
Damn people can’t even be good citizens now days . This lady crying looking for attention . And I’m a father of 3 biracial kids. They we’re concerned and they was doing their job .
It would be a shame if the airlines were afraid to check on any child imagine if her daughter was been trafficed and the airline saved her
It would not be a shame if they used something better than people's skin to determine probable cause!! 🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄
@@Blue_FalconGirlThat's a REACH!
The child looks blxcck. Stop it with this NOTHING BURGER!
LMFAO 🤣🤣🤣 Thank the Movie "Sound of Freedom" for that one.
Every minor on an international flight has to show a passport. Every minor on a domestic flight should have to show a birth certificate along with notarized guardianship documents or court documents if traveling with grandparents or guardian. That way no one is singled out.
Any trafficker can fake those papers.
Nah
I witnessed the opposite in the library the other day. Blk woman and white toddler. This lady followed her around the library "observing" the interaction between woman and child. It turns out she was the nanny but how weird that must be for her to take the child to various places as instructed by the parents but to be followed as if she has kidnapped a child🤦🏾♀🤷🏾♀
Well at least they were concerned enough I mean it's not uncommon .