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   From: bksperman@outlook.com   
      
   You ever smell a Nigerian?   
      
   They stink.   
      
   An African woman and her children were kicked off a United   
   Airlines flight after a fellow passenger complained that she had   
   a “pungent” odor, according to a racial discrimination lawsuit   
   filed against the company.   
      
   The incident involving the passenger, a white male, happened two   
   years ago, when Queen Obioma, a Nigerian citizen, and her two   
   children were boarding a flight from Houston to San Francisco.   
   The family had flown from Lagos, Nigeria, and were on the second   
   leg of a three-flight journey to Ontario, Canada.   
      
   Obioma saw that the other passenger had sat in her assigned seat   
   in the business-class cabin, according to the lawsuit, which was   
   filed Friday in federal court in Houston. The passenger refused   
   to move, so a flight crew member, instead, asked Obioma to sit   
   elsewhere in business class.   
      
   Later, before takeoff, Obioma went to use the bathroom. On her   
   way back to her seat, the same passenger was standing in the   
   aisle and blocking her from getting to her seat, the lawsuit   
   says. She said “excuse me” three times, but was ignored. After   
   several minutes, Obioma managed to squeeze her way to her seat.   
      
   But just after she sat down, a crew member told Obioma to go   
   outside the aircraft, where another employee told her that she   
   will be removed from the flight. The lawsuit says the pilot had   
   personally requested that she be removed because the male   
   passenger, who was not identified, had complained that her smell   
   was “pungent,” and he was not comfortable flying with her.   
      
   “At that point Ms. Obioma was lost, confused and disoriented.   
   Her mind went blank and she was utterly befuddled,” according to   
   the complaint.   
      
   Obioma explained that she was taking her children to school in   
   Canada for the first time, and that they had appointments they   
   could not miss. Despite her situation, crew members refused to   
   let Obioma back onto the aircraft and removed the entire family   
   from the flight.   
      
   “Ms. Obioma watched her minor children marched out of the   
   aircraft like criminals, confused and perplexed. … She sobbed   
   uncontrollably for a long time,” the complaint says, adding that   
   the children, who were seated in the economy cabin, were   
   humiliated.   
      
   United Airlines’ media office did not immediately respond to a   
   request for comment. In a statement to the Houston Chronicle, a   
   spokesman said the company has not been served with the lawsuit   
   and is unable to comment because of the pending litigation.   
      
   The lawsuit alleges that United Airlines discriminated against   
   Obioma and her children during the incident March 4, 2016, at   
   George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston because they   
   were black. It also accuses crew members of singling out Obioma,   
   not because she was being disruptive, but because a white man —   
   who refused to sit in his own assigned seat — did not want to   
   share a plane with her.   
      
   The mother and her children waited for five hours before they   
   could get on another flight and missed their scheduled   
   appointments. Obioma also incurred more expenses, the lawsuit   
   says.   
      
   The lawsuit is just the latest black eye for United when it   
   comes to customer service issues.   
      
   No it isn't.  When a customer smells like urine, the rights of   
   the other passengers must be considered above cultural habits.   
      
   https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/05/13/lawsuit-nigerian-woman-   
   kicked-off-united-flight-to-sfo-after-white-man-complained-about-   
   her-smell/   
      
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