Basketball Coach Questioned over Biracial Son at DEN
Ryan Boyd May 30, 2018
On Sunday, Lindsay Gottlieb, California Women’s head basketball coach, posted on Twitter about her experience of being questioned at length by a Southwest ticket counter agent about her relationship to her one-year-old son, even being asked to prove her relationship to the child by pulling up her Facebook profile.
@SouthwestAir I’m appalled that after approx 50 times flying with my 1 year old son, ticket counter personnel told me I had to “prove” that he was my son, despite having his passport. She said because we have different last name. My guess is because he has a different skin color.
— Lindsay Gottlieb (@CalCoachG) May 28, 2018
@SouthwestAir she 1st asked for proof with birth certificate. She then said it’s a “federal law” (not true) but asked me to prove I’m mother with Facebook post.What??Mother next to me said she’s never been asked for proof despite diff last name..not shockingly, not mixed face fam
— Lindsay Gottlieb (@CalCoachG) May 28, 2018
Southwest has since apologized for the incident.
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