Racism is such a vile thing. The color of a person’s skin comes down to the amount of melanin they have in their skin. And for this reason, entire groups of people have been vilified since the beginning of time. It makes no sense. Back in the caveman days and even moving forward, people didn’t know better, perhaps, but now in a time of science where the human genome has been mapped, everyone knows that we’re all the same. However, there are still people with these horrible prejudices. It makes for so much tragedy in society and I can only hope that the next generations will do better than we have at eradicating the scourge of racism. In the story below, you’ll find a woman who is way behind the times. Enjoy.
This happened on TAM airlines.
A 50-something year old white woman arrived at her seat and saw that the passenger next to her was a black man.
Visibly furious, she called the air hostess.
“What’s the problem, ma’am?” The hostess asked her.
“Can’t you see?” The lady said. “I was given a seat next to a black man. I can’t sit here next to him. You have to change my seat!”
“Please, calm down, ma’am” said the hostess. “Unfortunately, all the seats are occupied, but I’m still going to check if we have any.”
The hostess left and returned some minutes later.
“Madam, as I told you, there isn’t any empty seat in this class- economy class.
“But I spoke to the captain and he confirmed that there isn’t any empty seats in the economy class. We only have seats in the first class.”
And before the woman said anything, the hostess continued
“Look, it is unusual for our company to allow a passenger from the economy class change to the first class.
“However, given the circumstances, the commandant thinks that it would be a scandal to make a passenger travel sat next to an unpleasant person.”
And turning to the black man, the hostess said:
“Which means, Sir, if you would be so nice to pack your handbag, we have reserved you a seat in the first class…”
And all the passengers nearby, who were shocked to see the scene started applauding, some standing on their feet.
