A white mother who says she was accused of trafficking her biracial daughter has filed a federal lawsuit against Southwest Airlines alleging she and her daughter were victims of 'blatant racism' by airline employees.
Courtesty Mary MacCarthy
According to the lawsuit, filed Aug. 3 in the District Court of Colorado, Mary MacCarthy and her then 10-year-old daughter traveled on a Southwest flight from San Jose to Denver in October 2021, following the sudden death of MacCarthy's brother. "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 states. "After significant questioning, during which Ms. MacCarthy's daughter began to break down in tears, Ms.
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