American Airlines CEO Meets With NAACP Over Racial Bias Complaints

American Airlines said its CEO had a "positive" meeting Tuesday with civil-rights leaders who accuse the airline of racial bias, but an activist who was kicked off a plane is not backing away from her criticism of the carrier.The airline said CEO Doug Parker and a senior vice president met with NAACP President Derrick Johnson, Women's March organizer Tamika Mallory and others in Washington.The NAACP had demanded the meeting when it warned African-Americans last week that they could face discriminatory treatment while traveling on American. Neither side would give details of the talks -- they offered only the most general descriptions of what was said in the private session.  Continue reading...

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