Rosa Parks' niece rejects comparison between civil right icon and Dr. David Dao, who was dragged off United Airlines flight
BYDAVID BOROFF
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Friday, April 14, 2017, 11:03 AM
Rosa Parks rides on the Montgomery Area Transit System bus in Alabama.
(AP)
told TMZthat comparisons between Parks, once called the "mother of the freedom movement," and Dr. David Dao have no merit.
"I think that what Dr. Dao is going to do is probably going to change the policy of United Airlines," she told the gossip website. "Actually what my aunt did was change history."
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The comparisons to the civil rights legend surfaced Thursday after Dao's lawyermentioned during a televised press conferencethat an email he received described the doctor as an "Asian version of Rosa Parks."
Thomas Demetrio quickly discounted the comparison, saying race was not likely a factor in the incident which left Dr. Dao bloodied and injured.
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Many people concurred on social media, and McCauley was emphaticwhen asked by TMZwhat she thought about it.
"Unfortunately what happened to Dr. Dao was definitely wrong and was definitely a mistreatment of him," she said. "But as someone who is her niece and grew up with Rosa Parks, and knowing her on a personal level, knowing what she endured and what black people in this country endured at that time, I feel you cannot compare the two."
United passenger says cops laughed as they dragged doc off flight
United Airlines pilots tried to distance themselves from the scandal on Friday, saying they want it known that they had nothing to do with the Chicago incident.
In a statement, the pilots union says that the forcible removal of Dr. Dao by O'Hare International Airport security officials happened Sunday night on a United Express carrier that is "separately owned and operated by Republic Airline."
The union says United pilots were not flying the jet and that the four who were given the seats of Dao and three other passengers who were ordered off the plane work for Republic, not United.
Dr. David Dao was dragged off a United Airlines flight.
(@JAYSEDAVID VIA TWITTER)
Parks made history by refusing to give up her seat on a segregated bus in Alabama in 1955. She was arrested, but her actions sparked a yearlong bus boycott that helped get rid of segregation.
However, she paid a deep price. She lost her job as a tailor at Montgomery's largest department store because of her activism, and her husband lost his job as well. The couple fell into deep poverty.
It was not until 1965 when Parks was hired for the district office of Michigan Rep. John Conyers did she finally earn a steady wage, according to archivists. She passed away in 2005.
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BYDAVID BOROFF
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Friday, April 14, 2017, 11:03 AM
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Rosa Parks rides on the Montgomery Area Transit System bus in Alabama.
(AP)
told TMZthat comparisons between Parks, once called the "mother of the freedom movement," and Dr. David Dao have no merit.
"I think that what Dr. Dao is going to do is probably going to change the policy of United Airlines," she told the gossip website. "Actually what my aunt did was change history."
United passenger could have millions coming his way: attorneys
The comparisons to the civil rights legend surfaced Thursday after Dao's lawyermentioned during a televised press conferencethat an email he received described the doctor as an "Asian version of Rosa Parks."
Thomas Demetrio quickly discounted the comparison, saying race was not likely a factor in the incident which left Dr. Dao bloodied and injured.
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Rosa Parks: A look back at her iconic life
Many people concurred on social media, and McCauley was emphaticwhen asked by TMZwhat she thought about it.
"Unfortunately what happened to Dr. Dao was definitely wrong and was definitely a mistreatment of him," she said. "But as someone who is her niece and grew up with Rosa Parks, and knowing her on a personal level, knowing what she endured and what black people in this country endured at that time, I feel you cannot compare the two."
United passenger says cops laughed as they dragged doc off flight
United Airlines pilots tried to distance themselves from the scandal on Friday, saying they want it known that they had nothing to do with the Chicago incident.
In a statement, the pilots union says that the forcible removal of Dr. Dao by O'Hare International Airport security officials happened Sunday night on a United Express carrier that is "separately owned and operated by Republic Airline."
The union says United pilots were not flying the jet and that the four who were given the seats of Dao and three other passengers who were ordered off the plane work for Republic, not United.
Dr. David Dao was dragged off a United Airlines flight.
(@JAYSEDAVID VIA TWITTER)
Parks made history by refusing to give up her seat on a segregated bus in Alabama in 1955. She was arrested, but her actions sparked a yearlong bus boycott that helped get rid of segregation.
However, she paid a deep price. She lost her job as a tailor at Montgomery's largest department store because of her activism, and her husband lost his job as well. The couple fell into deep poverty.
It was not until 1965 when Parks was hired for the district office of Michigan Rep. John Conyers did she finally earn a steady wage, according to archivists. She passed away in 2005.
With News Wire Services