10/27/2023 I just caught a bit of the Atlanta TV Channel 11 noon news, and there was a "report" about how excited, grateful, or whatever a bunch of Delta employees were because they were on a flight and realized it was the first time the entire crew, pilots and all, had shades of brown skin that they like to call black. These people looked around, judged their coworkers by the color of their skin, decided they were all members of some body or tribe or group that set them apart from "white people," and the entire crew having various shades of non-white skin was some sort of noteworthy happening, so they alerted the TV station. Yep, that's racist. How sad that today in America there are "Americans" who will look around, judge everybody by skin color, and then declare, "We feel so good because nobody in our group is white, and we think this is newsworthy." To say that I am surprised that a bunch of Delta employees would go to such lengths to announce such racist bigotry would be an understatement. So, unless you address this situation, do not dare to try and make an issue of it when an all-white crew realizes they are an all-white crew, and goes on TV news to talk about how wonderful that is. Reaching out to the local news with "This is an auspicious happening because there aren't any white people on this flight's crew" should be a firing offense for overt racism.
Claimed loss: Delta's reputation as an equal opportunity employer.
Desired outcome: Retrain all employees to stop judging people by the color of their skin while at work.