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David Dao, a Vietnam-born medical doctor of Chinese ancestry
“Without ascribing racial motivations to the incident, for many Chinese Americans, including immigrants, as well as Chinese persons everywhere, this situation has touched a raw and painful nerve,” said the statement from the Committee of 100. “In a matter of days, the topic garnered more than 880 million views on Weibo, China’s equivalent of Twitter. As a Chinese American organization, C100 encourages greater understanding of Chinese perceptions underlying this phenomenon.”
“The scene of an Asian man being subjected to such physical force evokes in many Chinese a visceral reaction and prompts painful memories in Chinese and Chinese American history. Chinese people had to endure being bullied and oppressed for many years … For many years, Chinese and Asian Americans have been stereotyped as polite and passive. The current worldwide outrage suggests that Chinese peoples have found their voice, and they are standing up to protest mistreatment,” the statement read in part.
This has 2 dimensions
First, seems American society either does not know history, or not learned from history, inc now even dry yet with Chinese Exclusion Act (1882)
Seems, all talk about discrimination and freedom just "hot air" .. scratch it and rust shows.
Second, what is this police "brutality" all about ? why Police so violent in America ? .. Doctor David Dao, was sitting "lawfully" in his paid for sit, calm and peacefully .. Police has "no right" to be violent to a lawfully and legally right behaving citizen .. police can be harsh on somebody threatening with a weapon etc, but just because United saying throw this guy out does not give police "legal right" to be so forcefully that Dr. David Dao loosing 2 teeth and braking nose and face and needing corrective surgery .. United has no right to throw out a peaceful passenger from his seat, even if such right included in "fine print" it legally would be "commercial contract dispute" and does not give police right of intervening let alone violently evicting. .. Am no lawyer but afaik Police can only interfere when "unlawful" situation occurs, but police not allowed to interfere in "commercial disputes" .. Chicago Police and United will pay through the nose for this.
All this unlawful Police (and other) behaviour, many times untrue testimony by police and authorities, coming out now thank to "smartphone video" functionality .. everybody has phone in hand and BANG, video clip .. now, authorities, Police will be careful to lie as videos could surface showing otherwise .. excellent development.
Racism and Brutality must be fought with inward looking, Trump could begin with this to make "America Great Again" .. Tourism plummeting, foreigner voting with their feet.
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