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发帖数: 5637 | 1 House apologizes for laws targeting Chinese immigrants
http://www.latimes.com/news/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-house-apo
By Richard Simon
June 18, 2012, 3:00 p.m.
WASHINGTON — One hundred and thirty years after passage of the Chinese
Exclusion Act, the House on Monday expressed its regret for enacting
discriminatory laws targeting Chinese immigrants.
The rare apology came on a resolution sponsored by Rep.Judy Chu (D-Calif.),
the first Chinese American woman elected to Congress.
"This is a proud moment for all Americans who treasure justice and equality,
’’ said Carolyn Hong Chan, national president of the Chinese American
Citizens Alliance.
Chu, whose grandfather was forced to register and carry a certificate of
residence for about 40 years because of the laws, told House colleagues
Monday: "It is for my grandfather and for all Chinese Americans who were
told for six decades by the U.S. government that the land of the free wasn’
t open to them that we must pass this resolution.
"We must finally and formally acknowledge these ugly laws that were
incompatible with America’s founding principles,'' she added. "By doing so,
we will acknowledge that discrimination has no place in our society.''
The Senate approved a similar resolution last fall.
"It’s a very significant day for the Chinese American community,’’ said
Martin Gold, a Washington, D.C., lobbyist who volunteered his services to
Chinese American groups to help win passage of the resolution.
"It’s a point of closure,’’ he added, noting that many Chinese Americans
have personal stories about family members affected by anti-Chinese laws.
The vote came after Chu revised the resolution to specify that nothing in it
should be construed as support for reparations.
Chu was approached by a coalition of Chinese American groups to introduce
the resolution shortly after her election to the House in 2009. The
resolution made it to the House floor after Chinese Americans stepped up
efforts to persuade their representatives to support the measure.
"It took a nationwide effort,’’ she said in an interview.
To call attention to the resolution, she recently held a news conference at
the downtown
Los Angeles site of the 1871 Chinese Massacre, in which 19 Chinese were
killed by a mob of about 500.
Between 1879 and 1904, Congress passed a number of laws targeting Chinese
immigrants, including the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, signed by President
Arthur. It barred Chinese laborers from entering the country for a decade (
and later extended) and denied U.S. citizenship to Chinese immigrants
already here. The law was repealed in 1943 after China became a U.S. ally in
World War II.
In 2009, California issued a similar apology for the state's discrimination
against Chinese immigrants.
Congress has issued similar apologies before, but they are rare.
In 1993, Congress apologized to Hawaiians for the U.S.-led overthrow of
their monarchy in 1893.
In 1988, President Reagan signed legislation providing $1.25 billion, or $20
,000 each, in reparations and a formal apology for Japanese Americans
interned during World War II.
In 2008, the House issued an apology to African Americans "on behalf of the
people of the United States, for the wrongs committed against them and their
ancestors who suffered under slavery and Jim Crow." The Senate passed a
similar resolution a year later. | s*********5
发帖数: 5637 | | S********t
发帖数: 18987 | 3 不错，这么多年了，
终于赵美心发出了声音。
这也是趋势吧，澳洲，加拿大都有了类似的道歉。 | c******n
发帖数: 5697 | 4 不错
美国政府对日本籍美国人每人赔5万
对印第安人给他们开赌场没人不干活白拿几万生活费
对黑人给他们affirmative action
对中国人说一句对不起就完了
【在 S********t 的大作中提到】
: 不错，这么多年了，
: 终于赵美心发出了声音。
: 这也是趋势吧，澳洲，加拿大都有了类似的道歉。
| b*******h
发帖数: 2585 | 5 华人要争取平等，任重道远，
【在 c******n 的大作中提到】
: 不错
: 美国政府对日本籍美国人每人赔5万
: 对印第安人给他们开赌场没人不干活白拿几万生活费
: 对黑人给他们affirmative action
: 对中国人说一句对不起就完了
| c********a
发帖数: 6466 | | r*****e
发帖数: 4598 | 7 感谢赵美心议员的努力 中国人就该齐心合力在美国政坛上有自己的地位
,
equality,
【在 s*********5 的大作中提到】
: House apologizes for laws targeting Chinese immigrants
: http://www.latimes.com/news/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-house-apo
: By Richard Simon
: June 18, 2012, 3:00 p.m.
: WASHINGTON — One hundred and thirty years after passage of the Chinese
: Exclusion Act, the House on Monday expressed its regret for enacting
: discriminatory laws targeting Chinese immigrants.
: The rare apology came on a resolution sponsored by Rep.Judy Chu (D-Calif.),
: the first Chinese American woman elected to Congress.
: "This is a proud moment for all Americans who treasure justice and equality,
| Z*****l
发帖数: 14069 | 8 走一步是一步，一次性要求太高那就什么都拿不到。
【在 c******n 的大作中提到】
: 不错
: 美国政府对日本籍美国人每人赔5万
: 对印第安人给他们开赌场没人不干活白拿几万生活费
: 对黑人给他们affirmative action
: 对中国人说一句对不起就完了
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