Dunno if we talked about this, but flying while black and fat.

I’m tired but in the morning, I’ll tell you all how a white woman @AmericanAir flight attendant called the cops on me bc I made the white woman siting next to me uncomfortable bc my arm was touching hers on flight AA5580. The cops were called on me for flying while fat & Black. pic.twitter.com/9vc0PoFbX4

— amber j. phillips (@AmberJPhillips) April 27, 2018

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I’m white and fat and have started flying first class when I can (and can afford it) to avoid the “my you’re LARRRRRGE” looks in coach. And I was thinking this morning how, as a white woman, I have barely an inkling into the black experience in America. This is yet another example.