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United Airlines Kicks Passenger Off Plane Because of Marvel Black Panther Hat

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Dalek

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United Airlines Kicks Passenger Off Plane Because of Marvel Superhero Hat [UPDATE]

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A passenger wearing a Black Panther baseball cap has been told to remove the headgear because it—along with a t-shirt with an upside-down American flag—makes the pilot “uncomfortable.”

Earlier today, freelance e-sports journalist Amanda Stevens shared images on Twitter from on-board a United Airlines flight to Chicago. Stevens was en route to cover the League of Legends quarterfinals but was told by flight staff that her shirt—a ASAP Rocky design pulled from stores a year ago—and baseball cap with the logo of Marvel Comics’ Black Panther made the pilot uncomfortable.
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UPDATE, 3:53 p.m.: Reached by phone, Steven told io9 that a United representative first raised concerns when she was preparing to board flight 5183 from Albany to Chicago. Stevens told me that she’s flown in this outfit before but turned the shirt inside out. She was then told that the hat was a concern as well. She was allowed to board the plane but had a tense exchange with an attendant who asked her to place her bag under the seat in front of her. “I didn’t know if I was going to be staying on the plane or not and I said that,” she told me. “I was grumbling because I was frustrated.”

Stevens then told me that the exchange with the flight attendant was given as the reason that she was ejected from the flight. Stevens says that she received a direct message from the official United account on Twitter and returned to the service counter at the gate under the assumption that she’d be getting booked on the next flight. However, the United employees that Stevens was dealing with retreated to an employees-only area and Stevens told me that she’s been waiting with no acknowledgment for more than two hours.
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DragonSworne said:
I''m confused. The person in the picture looks like a man but the person that got kicked off has a woman's name.
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I have to admit I was confused too, but hey, if that's how she identifies, more power to her and shame on United.

What is the shirt a reference to? That's all I'm wondering now.
 
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NH Apache

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I don't think I've ever interacted with a pilot pre-flight. More baseless judgments based on clothing.

So dumb.

FYI, if people don't know, upside down flag indicates distress.
 
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Fuchsdh

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Judging by the Twitter replies, they're getting a surprising amount of hate from people who think they're not black enough to wear the hat, which is certainly something.
 
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Akiraptor

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I'd like to hear the whole story before making a judgment on this. A lot of stories about airline injustice are incredibly biased towards the "innocent" passenger. Not saying that's the case here, but as someone who's flown a lot I hear people twisting stories in their favor quite often when something doesn't go their way.

Not making any solid judgments yet, but I have my doubts that all she did was wear a shirt and a hat.
 
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neshcom

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Even if you don't think the content of the shirt is acceptable, she turned it inside out when told it could be an issue.
 
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A Fish Aficionado

I am going to make it through this year if it kills me
I've worn political t shirts. Just not at an airport.

Jesus, my high school years consisted of anti war messages.
 
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norm9

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Fuchsdh said:
Judging by the Twitter replies, they're getting a surprising amount of hate from people who think they're not black enough to wear the hat, which is certainly something.
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Cultural appropriation?

Eta- hat design is wack but not ban worthy.
 
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I'd imagine someone wearing a shirt of an upside down cross would get kicked out of church too, seems like a non-story.
 
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xxjuicesxx

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That shirt is super cheesy. Looks like something a 9th grader would buy after being upset they just lost their first girlfriend.

I side with the airline company, businesses have the right to enforce a dress code.
 
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gutter_trash

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lots of common sense is fleeting in this thread,

that anarchist t-shirt with the flag upside down is a POOR choice of t-shirt to chose for flying

just pick out a plain logoless t-shirt for that one day you pass customs and fly.

''I need to make a statement!!!' First amendment!!!'',

whatever, i dare you 1st amendment people to say something smarmy to a customs agent
 
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LiquidSword

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bitbydeath said:
I'd imagine someone wearing a shirt of an upside down cross would get kicked out of church too, seems like a non-story.
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xxjuicesxx said:
That shirt is super cheesy. Looks like something a 9th grader would buy after being upset they just lost their first girlfriend.

I side with the airline company, businesses have the right to enforce a dress code.
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Wtf

Yep total non story here guys. Kicked off a plane for what you are wearing in America. Nothing to see here
 
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