Black Travelers Warned About Flying With American Airlines By NAACP

American Airlines (NASDAQ: AAL) was the target of a NAACP travel advisory issued Tuesday night, the organization advised black passengers to try and avoid the airline.

In a statement, the NAACP pointed to perceived discrimination.

“The NAACP for several months now has been monitoring a pattern of disturbing incidents reported by African-American passengers, specific to American Airlines,” said the NAACP in their warning. “In light of these confrontations, we have today taken the action of issuing national advisory alerting travelers—especially African Americans—to exercise caution, in that booking and boarding flights on American Airlines could subject them disrespectful, discriminatory or unsafe conditions.”

The group listed several recent incidents with the airline in their travel warning, involving the mistreatment of black fliers. The listed offenses mostly involve people being removed from flights.

American Airlines called the advisory “disappointing.”

“Our team members, a diverse community of gate agents, pilots, and flight attendants, are proud to serve customers of all backgrounds,” said an American Airlines in a statement to CNN.

NACCP leadership stated they wanted to have a dialogue with the company.

“The growing list of incidents suggesting racial bias reflects an unacceptable corporate culture and involves behavior that cannot be dismissed as normal or random. We expect an audience with the leadership of American Airlines to air these grievances and to spur corrective action. Until these and other concerns are addressed, this national travel advisory will stand,” said Derrick Johnson, President and CEO of the NAACP in their statement.

In August, the NAACP issued a similar travel warning for the state of Missouri. It was the first travel advisory they had issued for a state. They cited higher incidents of black drivers getting pulled over and a new law passed in the state that limited discrimination lawsuits.

Civil rights organizations will often release travel advisories as a way to draw attention to organizations and issues as much as it is a practical warning.

American Airlines has not yet responded to International Business Time’s request for comment.