Shame on United Airlines!

I am utterly disgusted and frustrated after reading the news article about Dr. Dao, who was literally dragged off of the United Airlines flight he was on flight to Kentucky.
The video shows him being dragged out off the plane, and there are photos of the man's bleeding.

United Airlines claims that it will be reviewing its​ overbooking flight rules and regulations. United's CEO Munoz has come out to apologize for United Airlines actions. NO, THIS IS NOT ENOUGH!

Then I came across a headline about this doctor's criminal past. It just sickens me how the journalism world puts a negative spin on this person. His past has nothing to do with what happened on that flight.

Watch the video. Would you have reacted differently if that were a white man, black man, a woman, a teenage girl? What are your filters through which you view the world?

Are Asian Americans finally going to come together and fight for civil rights, for the equivalent of Ferguson Missouri? I hope so.

Will # Asian lives matter ever make it into mainstream media? I hope so.

Why does it have to take a bleeding man being dragged out from a commercial flight to bring about attention about racism and marginalization and discrimination that Asians and Asian Americans face on a daily basis?

Shame! Shame! Shame! on Courier-Journal for bringing up the headline about the man's past... What does that have to do with his being forced out of the United flight? And on top of that, two other passengers were asked to leave the plane on the overbooked flight... But they had refused. So the question becomes why is it that when it came to an Asian-American, the authorities were called to enforce their rules and regulations? This is blatant discrimination and racism! And if this is what it takes to shine a light on Asian American issues and concerns, then so be it.

I hope that this is the spark that ignites the biggest fire that jumps across oceans and continents.

From the Hollywood sign that glows above its whitewashing producers and populace to France's cities of protests of killing an unarmed Chinese man to the Misha beauty supply store Korean owner protecting his shop against a shoplifter --- let it be known that Asian Americans will be heard!