An Iowa State University professor from India and his white adopted son were delayed after a Delta flight attendant reported him for suspicious activity.
Lakshman Rajagopal is a single father, and he says on a Delta flight from Des Moines to Atlanta last week, a flight attendant thought he looked nervous. He says he was questioned in Atlanta, and released.
WHO Channel 13 reports Rajagopal says what happened to him shows people still have a problem with color.
Rajagopal said, "I told them if I was white, this would not be a problem because a white person with a white child would be fine."
Delta has now offered Rajaogoal a five-hundred dollar voucher and told him they will use his situation as a way to improve their security training with employees.
Photo of Lakshman Rajagopal from Iowa State University website.