‘When the Kens unite’: Man blocks Black woman from her seat

[Tennesseer]

‘When the Kens unite’: Man blocks Black woman from her seat on flight—white flight attendant tries to move her to back of plane

A white male flight attendant was filmed attempting to move a Black woman to the back of the plane after a white man refused to get up from his seat to let her into her seat.

In the TikTok video, which was posted on Oct. 14 by Kali Ranting (@theekali), the flight attendant also asks Ranting for her boarding pass. However, once a Black female flight attendant intervenes, the male passenger gets up from his seat.

Ranting used the hashtag #JetBlue in her caption, implying that the incident occurred on a Jet Blue flight.

Ranting called out the "aucastity" of both the white men shown in the video in the caption. "When the Kens unite but the Black woman is there to save the day, again!" Ranting wrote in the video's overlay text.

In a follow-up video, the female flight attendant checks the male passenger's boarding pass, and the man is seen moving from his seat.

Commenters called the male flight attendant's actions "systemic racism" and "the real problem" featured in the video.

"The real problem," @user7000023515819 wrote, "is the white male flight attendant who wanted to move her." They also pointed out how the male flight attendant took the white man's side "without even confirming" anything.

"He should have been removed and that male flight attendant needs to be fired," @mommakimluvsu commented. "She paid for a seat and he should have asked for his boarding pass."

Others noticed the female flight attendant's tactfulness.

"I love how she diverted the male flight attendant away so she could resolve the problem," @sjwknowsnada commented. "She knows his nature."

"She removed the useless one, showed everyone who was in charge and handed it," @mayahassomethingtosay wrote.

"Black women are always backing us up and fighting for us," @michiamocin commented.

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Ideally, if a seat up front in the aircraft had been available, this should have happened.

[mollyanna58]

Wouldn't checking the boarding pass be standard with a seat dispute? 

[Tennesseer]

Oct 18, 2021 10:20:31 GMT -5 mollyanna58 said:

Wouldn't checking the boarding pass be standard with a seat dispute? 

Kind of the point of the article. The White male flight attendant didn't even bother asking for their boarding passes. He took the uncooperative White male passenger's side and told the Black female passenger to take a seat in the back of the aircraft.

It took a Black female flight attendant to ask for their boarding passes which automatically shut the uncooperative White passenger down.

[mollyanna58]

the flight attendant also asks Ranting for her boarding pass. However, once a Black female flight attendant intervenes, the male passenger gets up from his seat.

I took this to mean the first (white male) flight attendant asked.  I have not seen the actual video.

[Tennesseer]

Oct 18, 2021 10:57:31 GMT -5 mollyanna58 said:

the flight attendant also asks Ranting for her boarding pass. However, once a Black female flight attendant intervenes, the male passenger gets up from his seat.

I took this to mean the first (white male) flight attendant asked.  I have not seen the actual video.

I have not seen the video either. The video I posted with the story is unrelated to it. Just an example of what might be the right thing to do if there are available seats upfront.

And if the White male attendant did look at both of their passes and still told the Black female to take a seat in the back of the a/c, he should be strongly disciplined.

[andi9899]

The video

vm.tiktok.com/ZM8h4PHvV/

[Tennesseer]

Thanks, andi9899. The male passenger is a slob and should be outed.