A baggage handler for an American Airlines subsidiary claims she and other employees of color were subjected to ongoing bigotry by white coworkers who, among other things, mocked the death of George Floyd, quoted racist lines from Django Unchained while wearing ersatz KKK hoods, and hung a noose in a luggage sorting area, according to a federal lawsuit reviewed by The Independent.
Niena Allen, who spent four years at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport working for Piedmont Airlines, a regional carrier owned by American that operates as American Eagle, alleges in her complaint that no disciplinary action was ever taken against the perpetrators, and that Black employees were punished for minor infractions and white employees were not.
