Actress Danielle Brooks unleashed an irritated tweet yesterday about a possible racially charged experience she had in the airport. The star of “Orange is the New Black” was boarding a flight to Los Angeles and tweeted her annoyance at what she perceived was a rude comment.
I hate when gate agents look at me like I’ve never flown first class and say “You’re in first class, lucky you!”? really tho
— Danielle Brooks (@thedanieb) June 30, 2016
The tweet was later deleted, but not before fans chimed in with their support of the star. They believed the statement implied the agent told Brooks she was “lucky” for riding in first class because she is Black.
One user encouraged the actress to vent her frustrations.
https://twitter.com/ninability/status/748475528223539200
Another user by the name TheNewBlaque shared their method for dealing with such encounters.
https://twitter.com/plumpdn/status/748489581822107648
Carmine Sabia did not support the star’s reaction. He accused Brooks of being a person who is offended by anything.
There are people who have to be offended by something so they find anything. You are one of those people.
— Carmine Sabia (@CarmineSabia) June 30, 2016
But Ian Powers disagreed. He told Sabia to “stop telling Black folks how they should feel,” adding that years of oppression and enslavement of her ancestors gives her feelings credit.
and if she does feel inferior she has about 400 years of being told she was to overcome.
— fillthelane.com (@ianapowers) June 30, 2016
Still, Sabia is one of several people who were not convinced the comment was racist.
In response to Lamar Richardson, one user seemed to tell Brooks to “get over yourself.”
https://twitter.com/BrigadeEnd/status/748851223458029569
Mindy Magaña urged Brooks to put the situation in perspective, pointing to shootings occurring across the country as a bigger issue than “being faux micro aggressed.”
https://twitter.com/MindyMagana/status/748631386311974912
It was not the first time the actress, who plays Taystee on ONITB, had an issue with someone assuming she has never flown first class before. She tweeted about a similar incident last summer.
New Pet Peeve: when the person sitting beside you on the plane makes a comment thinking it's your first time in first class. #sideeye 😒
— Danielle Brooks (@thedanieb) July 19, 2014
Brooks did not mention the most recent airline experience again. The next update saw her informing fans she’ll be in LA for less than 24 hours to appear on Jimmy Kimmel Live.
In LA for less than 24 hours. Can't wait to be on @jimmykimmel tonight!!
— Danielle Brooks (@thedanieb) June 30, 2016
The Tony-nominated actress, who also stars in “The Color Purple” on Broadway, teased fans about her interview in another tweet that night.
I'll be steamin' hott 🔥🔥🔥on @jimmykimmellive tonight 11:35 pm est on @abcnetwork 💋 set that DVR pic.twitter.com/LgzyjRcCVi
— Danielle Brooks (@thedanieb) July 1, 2016
