March 1, 2022·3 min read

 

Black woman says she was forced to give up seat to 2 white women on Delta flight

TheGrio Staff

March 1, 2022·3 min read

The two reportedly complained to flight attendants for over an hour before the Black woman was asked to move to the back row.

A California woman claims she had a Rosa Parks experience on a recent Delta Airlines flight when she was asked to give up her seat and move to the back of the plane in order to accommodate two white women.

As reported by Revolt, Camille Henderson was on her way back to the Bay Area from Atlanta on Feb. 3 when Delta flight attendants asked her to give her her seat after the two white women sitting next to her in the same row complained about not having enough room.

A Black woman was returning to the Bay Area from Atlanta on Feb. 3 when Delta flight attendants reportedly asked her to give her her seat after the two white women sitting next to her complained about not having enough room. (Photo: Getty Images)

“They felt like they were ticketed first-class seats, but they couldn’t provide the tickets,” Henderson told ABC7 News.

The two women reportedly complained to flight attendants for over an hour before Henderson was asked by airline staff to move to row 34, the plane’s last row. Henderson shared an audio recording with ABC7 News, in which someone is heard asking her, “Are you flying by yourself?”

Henderson confirms that she is, and the person responds, “There’s a seat back there in aisle 34. It’s an aisle seat.”