> Writer went on to suggest that racism was somehow involved That's a crude misreading of the actual claim: > They apologised after ... the realistic threat t

> Writer went on to suggest that racism was somehow involved That's a crude misreading of the actual claim: > They apologised after ... the realistic threat to ban United Airlines from China because of the racial undertones underlying that incident. It was about image. Police officers dragging a bloody and seemingly unconscious man of minority ethnicity has extremely clear racial undertones, regardless of whether the intentions of the officers or airline staff were actually racist.