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.”
