Woman claims United Airlines employee called …
HOUSTON – A Houston actress sued United Airlines, claiming that an employee called her a "shining monkey".
On February 26, Cacilie Hughes said she was waiting for her luggage at a Houston airport after coming from a woman's empowerment talk in Michigan. Hughes said she asked a United Airlines employee, Carmella Davano, a question of talking to an agent about a refund.
Hughes claims that Davano, a desk agent, shouted at her, called her a monkey, told her to stop looking at her with "monkey face" and called her a "shining monkey."
"It was humiliating. It was demeaning. It was degrading," Hughes said. "She made me feel powerless."
Her lawyers said other people witnessed the incident and asked Davano to calm down.
"I'm grateful that other passengers stood up for me. Without them I had been all alone," Hughes said.
Hughes claims she asked the unique employees to call the police and when they did not, she called the police.
Davano received a reference to disorderly behavior.
"Unfortunately, the racism that Cacilie experienced was not an isolated incident with United Airlines, but part of a global pattern of racial discrimination. We will fight to enforce Cacilie Hughes' civil rights to ensure that United Airlines eliminates racial discrimination. And to secure the ongoing criminal prosecution of United Airline racist employee Carmella, racial slurries as "shining monkey" should be history stories, not arise to burn racism's fire against many African Americans in today's society and condoned on United Airlines flights, Hughes said. lawyers.
United said the company removed Davano from her duties, but she has not been terminated.
United Airlines sent the KPRC2 a statement that reads: "At United we believe that the diversity of our workforce makes us stronger. Together we keep our pride on professionalism and have zero tolerance for discrimination of This incident is deeply offensive and does not reflect the basic values of our company and our 90,000 employees, so we took immediate action to remove this person from work. Since then, we have followed all necessary procedures under this person's union and are actively working to terminate. "
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