George Floyd mockery, Django Unchained reenactment: Lawsuit details racist conduct at Phoenix airport

A federal lawsuit alleges Piedmont Airlines and American Eagle fostered a racially hostile work environment at Phoenix airport A lawsuit filed by the estate of a former Piedmont Airlines employee has alleged a years-long pattern of racist conduct at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport. These behaviours include white workers mocking George Floyd’s death, reenacting scenes from Django Unchained while appearing to imitate the Ku Klux Klan and leaving a noose in a luggage-sorting area, according to a report by The Independent.The allegations were detailed in a federal complaint filed by the estate of Niena Allen, a Black baggage handler who worked for Piedmont Airlines, a wholly owned American Airlines subsidiary that operates as American Eagle. The complaint alleges that the conduct created a “racially hostile work environment” and that management failed to adequately address repeated complaints.George Floyd death allegedly mocked at workplaceAccording to the lawsuit, two white supervisors in 2023 allegedly posted a photograph on an office bulletin board showing them reenacting the murder of George Floyd, the Black man whose death under a Minneapolis police officer in 2020 sparke...