Summary Bebe Rexha reported being "mentally abused" by Lufthansa staff due to speaking Albanian. Lufthansa addressed the incident, emphasizing diversity and equal opportunity in their corporate culture. Rising discrimination complaints on flights in the United States were noted by the Department of Transportation.
Bebe Rexha, the American singer and songwriter, has alleged that a Lufthansa staff member mentally abused her in what she claimed to be a “hate crime”. In a series of Instagram stories, the singer claimed that the airline employee attempted to stop her from flying while she was trying to board the plane. “Hate crime” Bebe Rexha reported that a male staff member at Munich Airport (MUC) attempted to prevent her from boarding the flight because she spoke to him in Albanian, as she believed he was from Albania.
The 34-year-old singer was born in Brooklyn, New York, the United States, but her family is Albanian and from North Macedonia. In a video posted on Instagram, Rexha said: “I have been threatened because I thought the security agent was Albanian. I spoke to him in Albanian asking where to get my ticket and now he is banning me from the flight.
” On another Instagram story, the singer wrote: “I believe this to be a hate crime because I am Albanian. He continued to mentally abuse me to make me feel that he was more powerful than he was. Not one of the women at Lufthansa stepped in or said something.
” According to the singer, the staff member would not.