‘Why would you do this to me?’ Southwest Airlines allegedly fired Black supervisor for complaining about racism at SFO

Joseph Pitts wakes up in the night reliving what he says was the blatant racism he experienced working for Southwest Airlines at San Francisco International Airport.

Further troubling Pitts’ sleep are the financial struggles for his family that came because Southwest, instead of stopping the anti-Black racism he persistently reported, fired him instead, he alleges in a lawsuit accusing the airline of racial discrimination and harassment, wrongful firing and retaliation.

“It makes me have this anxiety...