TX: Ex-Southwest Airlines Employee's Lawsuit Alleges 'Whites-Only' Break Room at Hobby Airport

Sept. 21, 2018

HOUSTON — A former Southwest Airlines employee has filed a discrimination lawsuit claiming the airline allowed employees to create a whites-only break room at Houston’s Hobby Airport.

Jamel Parker, who was fired by Southwest last year, says he learned about the so-called “WB” when he started working for the airline in 2013. He claims it existed for years until a recent renovation of Hobby Airport.

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