A white mother who was accused of trafficking her biracial daughter in October 2021 by Southwest Airlines employees has filed a racial discrimination suit against the company.
by Southwest Airlines employees has filed a racial discrimination suit against the company.
"The officers began questioning Ms. MacCarthy and made it clear that they were given the racially charged information that Ms. MacCarthy’s daughter was possibly being trafficked by her simply because Ms. MacCarthy is White and her daughter is Black," the lawsuit said.MacCarthy said that her daughter broke down in tears during the questioning and remains traumatized by the incident almost two years later.
According to a police report, the flight attendant said she flagged the family as suspicious because they were the last to board the plane and asked other passengers to change seats so they could sit together. The flight attendant didn’t see the mother and daughter speak on the plane and claimed MacCarthy told her daughter not to talk to the flight crew, the report said.
The incident was closed as “unfounded” with no further action necessary, according to the police report.
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