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Earlier this week, Warner Bros. dropped the trailer for Mike Flanagan’s (Haunting of Hill House, Gerald’s Game) adaptation of Stephen King’s sequel to The Shining, Doctor Sleep! The vibe looks creepy and Ewan McGregor looks great as a now-adult Danny Torrance. If the movie is up to the standard of all of Flanagan’s other works, I think WB’s looking […]

In what may be the latest incidence of traveling while black, American Airlines is under fire after a black man was removed from one of their flights—and he says it was so that a service dog could fly first class.

Dana Holcomb of Killeen, Texas, was supposed to fly first class from Las Vegas to Austin but ran into trouble when he discovered that the woman he was sitting next to was traveling with her support dog, according to Waco, TX-based CBS affiliate KWTX. Holcomb is allergic to dogs so he and the woman attempted to solve the issue together with the help of other passengers in the cabin who were willing to switch seats with them.

According to a statement from American Airlines, “If the customer is still not comfortable flying, we will re-book them on the next available flight to their destination.” However, this was not the case for Holcomb.

The captain and flight crew first asked Holcomb to move to the back of the plane. In the end, security was called and Holcomb was removed from the aircraft even though the woman had found someone to switch seats with her.

Holcomb missed his flight and was forced to spend a night in Phoenix unprepared. When he flew home, it was on a Delta flight.

“They left with my medication,” Holcomb told Central Texas News Now. “They didn’t even have the time, or took the time, to take my bags off the plane.”

Holcomb is filing a lawsuit against the airline for racial discrimination. His attorney, Reginald McKamie Sr., says they are seeking “punitive and contractual damages.” 

Amidst the controversy, American Airlines said in a statement, “We are proud to serve customers of all backgrounds and are committed to providing a positive, safe travel experience for everyone who flies with us. American makes every effort to accommodate all passengers, including those traveling with and seated near service or support animals. In the case of an allergy, we work to re-seat a passenger further away from the service or support animal.”

American Airlines claimed that part of the reason Holcomb was removed was because he became confrontational, which the 53-year-old denies. According to Newsweek, the incident made him “feel less than a dog.”

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While promoting her new natural hair care line, Pattern, with the site Coveteur, Tracee Ellis Ross spoke about the moment she felt inspired to create the products. It was a trip to the beauty supply store, about 20 years ago, where she was confronted with the reality that there are many women out there who seek to have curls like hers but for obvious reasons, aren’t successful. Tracee believed then, and believes now, that anyone can have “juicy and joyful” curls — if they have access to products that will make it happen.

“It was a lightbulb moment that kept going off, and during Girlfriends, somebody saying to me—because I’d gotten my hair to that place where it was so healthy, and my curls were poppin’ and juicy,” she said. “I remember going to a beauty supply shop on Wilshire to buy my products, and the guy came out from the salon in the back, and he was like, ‘You have no idea how many women come in here with pictures of you torn out of magazines saying they want their hair like you, and I tell them, ‘I can sew it in, girl.’ And I was like, ‘What do you mean? They don’t have to sew it in, they just need the right products.’ And he was like, ‘Well, they don’t exist, so if you ever make a line of products, you’ll be a millionaire.'”

And it seems like she will definitely be successful in her attempt at entering the beauty realm. Pattern was released on September 9 and already, some of the coveted products are sold out, including the leave-in conditioner and bundle packages.

But for the Blackish star, it’s less about making bank and more about getting people the products they need to finally be able to allow their hair to flourish in the way they desire.

“Your hair is an extension of you,” she said. “And like you, it can defy gravity. It is way more than any circumstance or limitation, and if you honor it, meet it where it is, nourish it, and spend time getting to know and understand it, the world is your oyster.”