Posted on 05/29/2018 12:35:48 PM PDT by Impala64ssa
OAKLAND (CBS SF) California Womens head basketball Lindsay Gottlieb was confronted at the Denver airport by a Southwest Airlines employee who questioned her relationship to her infant bi-racial son before she could board a flight.
Gottlieb took to Twitter Sunday night to file a series of posts complaining about her treatment.
Im appalled that after approx 50 times flying with my 1-year-old son ticket counter personnel told me that I had to prove that he was my son despite having his passport, she tweeted in one post. She said we have a different last name. My guess is because he has a different skin color.
Gottlieb gave birth to Jordan Peter Martin whose father is African-American on May 7, 2017. The little boy traveled often flying Southwest at times with the Cal basketball team this past season.
The Cal coach tweeted that after showing the ticket personnel Jordans passport she asked to see a Facebook post to further verify her parentage.
She 1st asked for proof with a birth certificate, Gottlieb tweeted. She then said it was a federal law but asked me to prove I was the mother with a Facebook post. What?? The mother next to me said shes never been asked for proof diff last name not shockingly, not mixed face family.
I do feel like as a white female, with a position of privilege, and a platform where someone is going to listen, it is my responsibility to say, hey, this happened, this isnt okay, Gottlieb said in an interview with KPIX 5. And maybe somewhere down the line, that helps my son, who is bi-racial and will be for his entire life.
In a statement to KPIX 5, Southwest apologized and said it was launching an investigation into the incident.
Were looking into this specific interaction, and we have engaged with the customer directly to address her concerns, the statement read. Our employees are well regarded for their hospitality and we always strive for the best experience for anyone who entrusts us with their travel.
Gottlieb said she did not believe it reflected the attitude of the airline.
I suspect it was just one insensitive employee, she said. It hurt my feelings. It made me feel a little bit less than and its not okay.
“Gottlieb said she did not believe it reflected the attitude of the airline.
I suspect it was just one insensitive employee, she said. It hurt my feelings. It made me feel a little bit less than and its not okay.”
O.K. so what do you want to happen? SWA should investigate, because these “individual understandings” of Federal Law by counter employees should be consistent.
Where did this happen?
Mississippi?
Alabama?
Georgia?
Louisiana?
Arkansas?
Tennessee?
South Carolina?
North Carolina?
None of the above........................
Note:
The school “Cal” or “California” means UC BERKELEY.
That’s a school of PERMANENTLY offended people, site of the huge AntiFa riot last year.
I don’t believe a word of this.
Maybe it was an employee looking out for the safety of a child? Our children look just like us, but we had to prove they were ours when we travelled to Canada around 14 years ago. No Facebook then. But we had insurance cards, birth certificates, and other identifiers. We share the same last name as well.
I stopped reading at “white privilege.”
So what?
When she flies on school biz, why doesn’t the baby’s FATHER tend to him..?
Cuz the father is simply a SPERM DONOR, right..?
Cuz PLAYA.
You have to realize theres been a big campaign to stop child trafficking both on social media and with new federal laws. White woman, black child, different last names (not married), claims the child is hers...
Big ol red flag and I think the attendant should be given a commendation for being steadfast.
... Still trying to figure out what a "Womens Head Basketball" is ..... Does she have a head shaped like a basketball or is she the leader of the Basketballs?
Did you read the first sentence of the posted article?
Airlines are encouraged to inquire to determine child trafficking - any suspicion
Poor child, only 1 year of age and already subjected to 50 flights.
Of course I did...............The point was it was in a liberal democrat state, not the so-called ‘racist’ South................
This is the law in many states. The idea is to stop kidnapping. But this is Cal Berkeley, and she being female, unaccountable, and lacking in reason, she’s going to hammer the airline.
’It hurt my feelings.’”
Boo-hoo.
Sorry, Miz Gottleib. But you’re white and therefore may not question the fact that you may have a racial bias. Now go to the re-education camp as meekly as possible.
Prove it with a Facebook post? That carries more legal weight than a government issued passport? What if you don’t do facebook? I would be sueing.
Smoothe your feathers Lins, she was just checking
to make sure you weren’t trafficking in little boys.
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