RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AP) -- An American Airlines flight attendant allegedly made racist comments toward a black Brazilian musician and federal police are investigating the case, authorities said Wednesday.
Singer Dudo Nobre told local media that he and his family were flying from New York to Rio de Janeiro on Monday when a flight attendant referred to him as a "monkey" and made gestures like the animal.
Nobre told the O Globo newspaper an argument ensued and that a traveling companion was injured by a pen being held by the flight attendant. He also said that his wife was verbally mistreated by another flight attendant.
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Singer Dudo Nobre told local media that he and his family were flying from New York to Rio de Janeiro on Monday when a flight attendant referred to him as a "monkey" and made gestures like the animal.
Nobre told the O Globo newspaper an argument ensued and that a traveling companion was injured by a pen being held by the flight attendant. He also said that his wife was verbally mistreated by another flight attendant.
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