It brings me to tears to read in a text message from my daughter, JacqueRae, how kind and understand you were to her today on your flight from Dallas. She told her mother, the American employee, about the encounter and the mother reached out to Parker. If you’d like to continue the conversation my email is _. But it is more for people like me than you (a black friend recommended it to me). Thank you for talking to me and sharing your emotion. Much of the problem is that we don’t talk about it enough. I am saddened that we as a society have progressed so slowly on an issue that has such a clear right vs. It was a gift from God and an inspiration for me. Thank you so much for coming back to speak with me. While deboarding the flight, he handed her a note thanking her for the conversation and giving her his contact information and took a picture together. She told him her mother works for him in Washington, DC and gave him a (masked) hug. It was only after the conversation that he asked her name and introduced himself. I went on to tell him about my prayer on my way to work today and that he Answered that prayer for me with this conversation. We continued to talk and when I tell you it was everything I needed. And it’s our fault that this is like this. I’m pretty sure I startled him by seemingly dumping all my emotions on him but his reply was “I’m so sorry. She writes that she’s been “so sad” every day and just wants “understand and be understood so we can begin to fix it.” His response was a masterclass in empathy. He told her that he’s about halfway through the book and that “it’s really good…it really points out how important these conversations on race are.”īefore she could respond to Parker, Hill broke down in tears. So after attending to her flight attendant duties, she sat down next to him and asked him about the book. I go sit next to him as he was sitting in a row all by himself I was so happy to see that book in his grasp that I knew after I finished my duties I was going to make a point to ask him about it. She noticed a man holding the book White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by sociologist Robin DiAngelo boarding the plane and resolved to speak to him.Īs we are boarding my first flight of the day I smile and I greet people when they come on and a man was holding a book that has been on my to read list. As I was driving to work I had to really go to God with my thoughts because it would make it hard to smile with everything going on. I was on social media before preparing to go to work (terrible idea). So my heart has been heavy as I’m sure most of you feel the same. With everything we’re seeing on the news after the murder of George Floyd by police officers in Minneapolis, only the latest in a string of unjustifiable killings of black people, she was feeling down as she headed to work. I’m going to let Hill’s words from her public Facebook post mostly speak for themselves here. Doug Parker Flies Southwest, Cheers Up Crew Memberĭoug Parker Flies Southwest, Cheers Up Crew Member.
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