Southwest Airlines just can’t catch a break these days. Last year they had to deal with dragging a passenger off a flight. Then in April an engine exploded on a flight, killing a passenger.

Now a woman is accusing them of . . . you guessed it. Racism.

Lindsay Gottlieb, a women’s basketball coach at the University of California, was traveling over the weekend with her one-year-old son, Jordan Peter Martin. However, at the Denver airport, she ran into a Southwest employee whom Gottlieb claims required her to ‘prove’ that she was Jordan’s mother. Why? Well, according to the employee, it was because they have different last names.

But that’s not Gottlieb’s story. To her, it’s because little Jordan is biracial, as his father is black. As she tweeted in an angry post:

“I’m appalled that after approx 50 times flying with my 1-year-old son ticket counter personnel told me that I had to “prove” that he was my son despite having his passport. She said we have a different last name. My guess is because he has a different skin color.”

The employee asked to see Jordan’s birth certificate, and then asked for proof through, of all things, a Facebook post, according to Gottlieb.

Gottlieb was eventually able to board the flight with little Jordan.

Southwest responded to this dustup and issued this statement:

“We’re looking into this specific interaction, and we have engaged with the customer directly to address her concerns. Our employees are well regarded for their hospitality and we always strive for the best experience for anyone who entrusts us with their travel.”

Well, of course they’re looking into it, as they should any serious customer complaint. Moreover, Gottlieb herself thinks that it was “just one insensitive employee.”

So why is she making such a big fuss over this?

Here’s her answer:

“I do feel like as a white female, with a position of privilege, and a platform where someone is going to listen, it is my responsibility to say, hey, this happened, this isn’t okay.”

Ah, yes. She’s anointed herself as another social justice crusader.

Look, I can understand her frustration. Anytime you mess with a mother over her child, the momma bear emerges. I get that — I’m a mom, too. I probably would’ve been just as angry, and I would’ve complained to Southwest as well.

But Gottlieb has no proof whatsoever that the employee judged the situation due to race. As she said, it’s ‘my guess.’ And her guess could be wrong, but that’s not stopping her from blowing this up into a racial issue. It’s for Jordan’s sake, she says. “Maybe somewhere down the line, that helps my son, who is bi-racial and will be for his entire life.”

Well, call me old school, but in my opinion what would’ve helped little Jordan is if she had already married his father and taken his last name. That way there would’ve been no name confusion. Now Gottlieb and Jordan’s father, Patrick Martin, do plan to be married in September, so there’s that. But will Gottlieb take her husband’s last name?

Or is that part of the oppressive patriarchy or something?

Furthermore, what will Southwest do now? Is the airline going to have to take the Starbucks apology tour with day-long sensitivity training? Frankly, I think they should offer a boilerplate apology to Ms. Gottlieb, and focus more on those exploding engines.