Two Sudanese-Americans sue Alaska Airlines for ‘kicking them off flight for talking in Arabic’

Pair accuse Alaska Airlines of kicking them off flight for texting and talking in Arabic. Two Sudan-born American men claim in a lawsuit that Seattle-based Alaska Airlines removed and barred them from a recent flight to appease other passengers’ racist and xenophobic fears. They are suing the airline, alleging discrimination. The suit, filed Tuesday in federal court in the Western District of Washington, alleges that Alaska Airlines humiliated and denied Abobakkr Dirar and Mohamed Elamin their rights as passengers by “exploiting the discredited Islamophobic, racist, and xenophobic claim” of another person on the flight. According to the complaint, Abobakkr Dirar and Mohamed Elamin, who are black and Muslim, were sitting in first class as the Seattle to San Francisco plane prepared for takeoff. A passenger sitting next to Dirar in first class saw him texting in Arabic. The passenger, who didn’t speak or read Arabic, was alarmed by the messages and complained to a flight attendant b..Continue readingTwo Sudanese-Americans sue Alaska Airlines for ‘kicking them off flight for talking in Arabic’

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