“How did we let her go to Southwest?” he joked. “Spending time with a kind, strong, young black woman who is hurting and trying to learn from others is another thing altogether.” Hill’s mother, Patti, reached out to Parker, who responded that “your daughter’s visit was a gift to me.” Southwest Airlines flight attendant JacqueRae Hill and American Airlines CEO Doug Parker posed after their flight landed in Panama City Beach, Florida, on Friday. The note included Parker’s email address, with an invitation to reach out “if you’d like to continue the conversation.” “It was a gift from God and an inspiration to me.”
“Thank you so much for coming back to speak with me,” says the note, shared by Hill in a now-viral Facebook post. Hill told Parker her mother works for American, as a customer service manager at Reagan National Airport in Washington, DC.īefore leaving the flight, Parker gave Hill a “thank you” note, hand-written on the back of his boarding pass. He was flying Southwest because his airline’s flight to Panama City was booked, according to USA Today. It wasn’t until the end of the 10-minute conversation that Parker told Hill his name and position with American Airlines. I told her I was trying to learn and through tears and a mask, she said, ‘So am I.’ ” “The best I could do was tell her that the book talks about how white people are horrible at talking about racism and that what we need are real conversations,” according to USA Today. Parker said in an email to other American Airlines executives Saturday that he “felt wholly inadequate” but “knew it was a special moment.” American Airlines CEO Doug Parker AFP via Getty Images “He was just like, ‘I’m so sorry, and it’s all our fault,’ ” Hill told USA Today. “As I began to respond the tears just start falling,” she recalled. Parker told Hill he was halfway through the book, but it “really point out how important these conversations on race are,” Hill told ABC. “So how is the book?” Hill told ABC she began the conversation, as she sat down next to Parker.
JacqueRae Hill, 38, of Dallas, drove to work Friday morning with a “heavy heart” over George Floyd’s police-custody death in Minneapolis and the subsequent protests, she told ABC.īut her spirits lifted during the work day when she stopped to speak with Parker - who she didn’t recognize - but was intrigued by the book he had with him, “White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk about Racism” by Robin DiAngelo. How one brave woman took down a power-hungry Ku Klux Klan leaderĪ black Southwest Airlines flight attendant had a heartfelt discussion on race and racism with a white passenger who she only later learned was Doug Parker, the CEO of rival American Airlines - all because she spotted him with a book on the topic. Southwest Airlines flight attendant JacqueRae Hill and American Airlines CEO Doug Parker have stayed in touch following Maya Kowalski is opening up about her. White Starbucks manager wins $25M suit claiming she was fired over her race after arrest of black men Black boy, 10, details racist school torment, including 'monkey' insults and a girl saying she wouldn't hit him because it would be 'animal abuse'Īmazon shuts down customer's smart home devices after delivery driver's false racism claim
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