An employee of JetBlue, dressed as a homeless person, «trying to return to Puerto Rico or Cuba,» has been criticized after in social networks appeared a photo of her, which some have called «racist and highly offensive».
A worker wearing strannuyu and stained clothes, and on her neck hung a cardboard sign with the inscription: «I am homeless. Need help to get back home in Puerto Rico or Cuba».
Este fue el disfraz de una empleada de Jetblue en el aeropuerto de Fort Lauderdale, FL.
Quiero leer sus opiniones. pic.twitter.com/jbOiet5fec
— nats 🖤 (@nats248) October 31, 2019
«It was the suit of the employee of JetBlue at the airport in Fort Lauderdale, Florida,» wrote Twitter user @nats2548 that has a picture of a worker standing in the JetBlue terminal at the international airport Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood. «I want to know your opinion».
Other users quickly began to criticize the woman, and some even called to dismiss her.
«@JetBlue need to fire her… and a public apology for her costume, because I find it very insulting and I personally will not fly on JetBlue until they apologize.» — said Twitter user @dominopr777.
JetBlue is the largest carrier in Puerto Rico, while in Fort Lauderdale almost 20% Hispanic.
The company apologized and said that «the situation was immediately corrected.»
«In the spirit of Halloween, our crew members can get dressed up, but one of the crew members chose a suit that was clearly insensitive and did not meet our policy,» said Derek Dombrowski, Manager of corporate communications at JetBlue.
