Sheryll Cashin shares a private joke that she and her husband (both African Americans) have about flights on Southwest Airlines, which allows passengers to board on a first-come, first-served basis. If they arrive late, they hope for what they call “Southwest Airlines First Class.” They hope that a young, dark-skinned African American male will be toward the front of the line and will take one of the comfortable, exit-advantaging seats toward the front of the plane when he boards. Cashin says, “At least four out of five times, we can depend on the seats next to that black person being empty,
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Southwest Airlines First Class. Love it. Well, I love the humor, not the basis on which it rests so successfully :/
