Sunday 14 August 2022 07:16 AM Black flight attendant sues Delta 'for firing her after she shared cartoon of ... trends now

Sunday 14 August 2022 07:16 AM Black flight attendant sues Delta 'for firing her after she shared cartoon of ... trends now
Sunday 14 August 2022 07:16 AM Black flight attendant sues Delta 'for firing her after she shared cartoon of ... trends now

Sunday 14 August 2022 07:16 AM Black flight attendant sues Delta 'for firing her after she shared cartoon of ... trends now

A black Delta Airlines flight attendant says that she was canned after posting a cartoon image depicting ex-President Donald Trump in a Ku Klux Klan hood. 

That's according to a new lawsuit that was filed in a Georgia district court last Monday. The flight attendant in question, Leondra Taylor, was fired in April 2021.

She originally posted the image in September 2020 following the first presidential debate between Trump and President Joe Biden prior to that November's election. 

The cartoon, that first appeared in the Montreal Gazette, depicts moderator Chris Wallace telling Trump: 'Thank you Mr. President, for wearing your mask.' The former The Apprentice host is shown clad in a KKK hood. 

That was the infamous debate in which Trump told the alt-right group the Proud Boys 'to stand back and stand by.'

Taylor shared the picture on her personal Facebook page, reports CNN. The lawsuit argues that Taylor was let go after being 'discriminated against [her] because of her race.'

The infamous cartoon depicted the debate in which Trump told the alt-right group the Proud Boys 'to stand back and stand by'

The infamous cartoon depicted the debate in which Trump told the alt-right group the Proud Boys 'to stand back and stand by'

Delta is the only major US airline where flight attendants are not unionized. Leondra says her firing was in part a retaliation for her helping another flight attendant who was fired

Delta is the only major US airline where flight attendants are not unionized. Leondra says her firing was in part a retaliation for her helping another flight attendant who was fired

The lawsuit makes reference to a white co-worker who also posted political messages on their social media page but was not fired. 

Delta is the only major US airline where flight attendants are not unionized. 

In addition to the allegations of racial bias, Taylor said that she was also being singled out because of previous incident in which she aided another flight attendant who was fired over her use of social media. 

According to the lawsuit, Taylor alleges that Delta began studying her social media activities after she helped out her former colleague.  

The former flight attendant alleges that she was making a political statement but that it was not 'hateful or discriminatory.' 

The CNN report quotes the

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