UC Berkeley coach is 'appalled' Southwest Airlines asked her to prove the identity of biracial son

Mother has a different last name from her son that looks nothing like her and then wonders why airline employees would see that as suspicious? OH of course it must be RACISM.
“She 1st asked for proof with birth certificate,” Gottlieb tweeted. “She then said it’s a “federal law” (not true) but asked me to prove I’m mother with Facebook post. What??”
Yes tell us all about federal law, basketball coach.

But then reasonable and sane people chimed in on Twitter for once,
Gottlieb’s story spread on Twitter, causing many to defend the airline’s protocol: “…A friend of mine with her same-race kids makes sure she has all her paperwork in order, whether she is flying domestically or internationally. Don’t think this has anything to do with race…” and “Wow…the employee was doing their job. Making sure that you were not abducting someone’s child. Maybe you should visit the Center for missing and exploited children and hear some of the stories."Gottlieb’s story spread on Twitter, causing many to defend the airline’s protocol: “…A friend of mine with her same-race kids makes sure she has all her paperwork in order, whether she is flying domestically or internationally. Don’t think this has anything to do with race…” and “Wow…the employee was doing their job. Making sure that you were not abducting someone’s child. Maybe you should visit the Center for missing and exploited children and hear some of the stories.”

Chrissy Teigen, who shares two biracial children, Luna and Miles, with husband John Legend, tweeted, “Airlines have asked this of me, too, with my daughter. Once I learned it’s a precaution for the very real threat of child trafficking, I stopped being exasperated with it. Now I’m kind of worried when they don’t ask.”
Tl;dr shut up lady your team sucks.
 
Based Chrissy Teigen.

Anyone taking my kids through airport security better be fucking required to show authority to do so. That includes me.

It would be a whoooooole different song she was singing if she and hubs were in the midst of acrimonious separation and the SWA staff had let an auntie bail wth the kiddo to a different state or country “because she had the passport”.

Moreover, pretty much everyone I know who doesn’t share a passport last name with their kiddos has been asked to show proof of family relationship at some point. This is why if you continue to use your original name, you shove the married one on your passport too for an easier life. And put all the kid’s names on the passport.

Lydia Llewellyn and her offspring Bunty Bowen are going to have a much simpler time if both their documents say Llewellyn Bowen.

Married couples travelling under unmatched names get pulled out of the line in plenty places, too.
 
Flying while mulatto.

I assume this is protocol. You and your child have different surnames. They want to confirm that you aren't kidnapping him. I see a lot of biracial kids and I never assume their white parents are not their biological parents. I'd think that biracial kids were common enough that people wouldn't be shocked by their existence.

But it's just more "flying while black" nonsense. It's become a trend now. Everyone wants to pull the race card when they have any sort of travel issues. That's why I'm glad the hamster flusher and the crazy emotional support peacock lady were white.
 
Flying while mulatto.
I assume this is protocol. You and your child have different surnames. They want to confirm that you aren't kidnapping him. I see a lot of biracial kids and I never assume their white parents are not their biological parents. I'd think that biracial kids were common enough that people wouldn't be shocked by their existence.

If I assumed that every single mother with a mixed kid was just adopting or babysitting him, I'd be a much less bitter person tbh
 
Almost the entire comments section backed up the airline. If I was flying with my kids, I would expect to be ask3d to prove my motherhood to them, and we have the same last name. I have to prove my name, as the adult in charge of a child you have to prove you have the legal ability to have their charge. No muss no fuss. I am just agog that she supposedly flew 50 other times without having to do this before.
 
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