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whiskeywonka
It smells fishy for sure. kicking 8 black men off and not a single brown/white as the 'see its not racist' signal.
rukeman
I used to have to deal with AA pretty frequently. They are as a whole the shittiest airline in the world who employ arrogant, useless assholes.
stayingalive4life
Won’t worry, AA will get through this unscathed. “We are raising our prices due to unexpected cost of doing business.” once they loose that lawsuit.
richardstinks
I haven't worn deodorant in 20 years and nobody has said shit to me on a plane.
isetprettygirlsonfire
Username cbecks out
richardstinks
Well, yeah actually. I don't try to smell like anything other than an okay smelling dude. Bathed, but not scented. I'm also usually pretty punk looking with well worn clothes. Never had a comment on a plane. I believe it was a racist act against these people.
CaptSchmidtGaming
Different people have different natural scents. Black people have a certain scent I'm familiar with that I'm sure has variations. its the height of racism to smell it and think, "eww" instead of, that's just the scent of people.
EmailFail
I'd probably say that if odor is an issue for you, then a career in "being locked in a flying tube of recycled air with folks" likely isn't for you.
Cinammontoastcrunch
I'm Canadian, and the amount of people who I have to explain this to when they say "Indians smell bad" bro they smell like their cooking, just like we smell like our common foods, so we're going to smell unfamiliar
Neednoggle
I don't think it's racist to dislike a smell. That's just your body's reaction to a sensory input. If you were to say though "I don't like this smell *because* this person is ________", well that's a different story. Your body is gonna do what it's gonna do, it's how you react that makes you a decent or shite person.
CaptSchmidtGaming
yea.... for some reason you feel like its necessary to separate the objective and subjective in order to allow your self to understand whats happening more clearly. I think its a weird way of going about processing a statement or thought.
batcountry808
I'm inclined to believe the black guys here. I've been on enough planes to know that they do not regularly enforce any sort of rules about body odour.
rezexelon
Were I a lawyer the absolute first thing I'd request in discovery for the suit is records of reasons people were kicked off planes so I could make a list of the "probably zero" times that's ever happened before.
EmailFail
I actually imagine more people over apply cologne or perfume than stink
Alfadorfox
but the one is a subset of the other. over-applied cologne or perfume is a stink.
Cinammontoastcrunch
As someone who has flown a fair amount, it's both