A Muslim family was removed from a flight for requesting a booster seat

Evidence

In March 2016, an Arab Muslim American family was removed from a United Airlines flight after they asked a flight attendant for help securing a booster seat for their young child. The mother wears the hijab. The couple were asked to show their tickets and then removed from the flight because of safety concerns (Ellis and Johnson 2016). — Saher Selod, Forever Suspect_ Racialized…, 154

Categorization

• XREF: The mundane-request-turned-security-incident pattern mirrors Abbasi’s case and the imam case; good comparative material. — connects to: Airline accommodation of racist seatmate requests normalizes anti-Muslim fear. — , Selod, Saher - Forever Suspect_…, 336
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Saher Selod, Forever Suspect_ Racialized…, 154

Broader Connections

• Airline accommodation of racist seatmate requests normalizes anti-Muslim fear. #expands (0.60) — , Selod, Saher - Forever Suspect_…, 336