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发信人: svca (硅谷华人协会), 信区: SanFrancisco
标 题: The 2nd joint statement to denounce the racial slur from F
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Thu Jul 31 21:48:58 2014, 美东)
http://svca.me/?q=firebb2
July 29th, 2014
San Jose, Calif. - Ten Asian-American organizations today jointly issued the
following statement in reaction to the racial rant and slanderous remarks
made by Fox News host Bob Beckel toward Chinese people. These organizations
are 80-20 Educational Foundation, Asian Americans for Political
Advancement, Asian American Voters, Boston Forward Foundation, Chinese
Americans For Progress And Equality, Chinese United League, Dallas/Ft. Worth
Chinese Alliance, Michigan Chinese American Alliance, Silicon Valley
Chinese Association, and the Orange Club.
We denounce Bob Beckel's racial slur toward the Chinese people in the United
States as well as his slanderous accusation of spy and terrorism activities
. Beckel has a disturbing pattern of using racially discriminatory language
on Chinese people. We demand that Beckel immediately resign or be fired by
Fox News.
On Fox's program "The Five," Thursday, July 10, 2014, Beckel compared
Chinese people in America to Islamic terrorists. Later he used the word “
Chinamen” to refer to Chinese people at large, including Chinese Americans.
The pejorative word “Chinamen” has been long and widely considered to
connote a derogatory and offensive meaning. At the very last of his rant, he
proceeded to give all Chinese an insulting gesture, equivalent to the “F”
word. Beckel claimed all Chinese descendants, loyal American citizens or
not, are spies and terrorists. He stated that after they learned computer
skills in America, they then go back to China to hack into American
businesses and government. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOzXyqxI_vk
On the following Monday, July 14, 2014, Beckel somewhat apologized to the
people who were offended. No formal apology was ever issued to Chinese and
Chinese Americans. ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hU_STcHwVyQ)
Just last year on "The Five," Beckel had another incident where he used a
racial slur on Chinese people.
Mr. Ted Lieu, a Chinese-American State Senator of California and a
Congressional candidate called Beckel remarks "racist" and "xenophobic."
State Senator Bob Huff, Republican Leader in the California State Senate,
also released a long statement condemning Beckel’s rant. Mike Honda,
Congressman from California and founder of the Congressional Anti-Bullying
Caucus, said “the ignorance and hatred in his comments are repugnant.”
We, fellow Asian-American organizations, stand by Mr. Ted Lieu, Mr. Bob Huff
and Mr. Mike Honda in asking Fox News to fire Bob Beckel immediately or
Beckel voluntarily resign. We want to emphasize that Beckel’s accusing
Chinese people in this country of being spies and terrorists is a slanderous
act. Furthermore, the association of an ethnic group with a foreign country
sends this nation down a dangerous path. Such association was precisely the
reason behind the Japanese-American internment during World War II, a sad
chapter in the history of our great country.
Please join us to fight against any defamation activities against the
Chinese-American community. |
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