8/17/2018  亚裔议员斯蒂芬妮·张与非裔议员贝蒂库克斯科特（新闻周刊） 美国近日又现辱华事件，美国一民主党议员在州参议院初选中落败后，愤而侮辱亚裔竞争对手是“中国佬”（the ching chong，对华人的侮辱性称谓），并叫嚣让其支持者“滚出美国”，引起极大的舆论风波。 近几年种族歧视重新泛滥，很多华人对Ching Chong这个古老的词也再次熟悉了起来。简而言之，这个词名义上是在模仿和嘲笑中文的发音，而其中蕴含的“排华浪潮”等历史因素，更加深了它的侮辱性。 据美国《新闻周刊》报道，发表该言论的是密歇根州众议员贝蒂库克斯科特（Bettie Cook Scott），她公开称亚裔众议员斯蒂芬妮·张（Stephanie Chang）的竞选志愿者为“移民”，并扬言“你不属于这里”“我要你们滚出我的国家”。 随后，该议员在与选民交谈时脱口而出，“这些中国移民正在占据我们的社区，看到那些非裔选民举牌子支持亚裔议员却不支持自己人时，我感到非常恶心”，她甚至公开让竞选志愿者“选我！不要投票支持‘中国佬’！” 她的歧视性言论很快引起了美国当地各大社群的愤怒，要求其道歉。美媒评论称，听到这种带着明显仇外心理及种族歧视的言论，真的非常失望。我们不能放任陈旧的刻板印象和污名化行为继续泛滥。 而民主党内部也对其言行非常失望，一名议员称，斯科特的言论不仅具有攻击性，而且违背了民主党的所有价值观。 在舆论压力下，斯科特的律师随后发表声明称，斯科特对自己的言论“非常后悔”。斯科特称，“我向张议员和她的丈夫道歉，也向更广泛的亚裔美国人社区道歉”，她表示，自己作为州代表，不应该促成这种分裂的气氛。 这已不是美国第一次发生类似辱华事件了，8月5日，在华人聚居的纽约布鲁克林宾臣墟区，多处惊现侮辱华人的种族歧视涂鸦，这些涂鸦大多出现在华人店铺与住所的墙上。 去年8月17日，曼哈顿东村的一家小餐馆，在需要打印顾客名字的地方，也赫然出现了两次“Ching Chong”这个词。  APLUS教学中心 | 一对一辅导服务中心 | 申请咨询顾问中心 8/17/2018 By Violet Ikonomova Updated at 9:50 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 16: Originally posted at 11:09 a.m. on Thursday, Aug. 16: More than a dozen community groups have called on Rep. Bettie Cook Scott (D-Detroit) to apologize for a series of racial slurs sources say she used to describe her primary election opponent, Rep. Stephanie Chang (D-Detroit). Scott is alleged to have referred to Chang as "ching-chang" and "the ching-chong" to multiple voters outside polling precincts during last Tuesday's election. She's also said to have called one of Chang's campaign volunteers an “immigrant,” saying “you don’t belong here” and “I want you out of my country.” Chang and Scott were running in the Democratic primary for state Sen. District 1. Chang won the election with 49 percent of the vote; Scott came in third with 11 percent of the vote. "These comments are offensive to all Asian-Americans," Chang tells Metro Times. "It isn't about me. It's about an elected official disrespecting entire populations, whether they be Asian-American, immigrant, or residents of Sen. District 1 or [Cook's] own current house district." The various off-color remarks were heard by multiple people connected with Chang, including Chang's husband, who spoke with Metro Times. Sean Gray says after overhearing Cook disparage Chang outside a precinct on the east side of Detroit, "I ... asked her not to speak about my wife in that manner. At that time she said to the voter that 'these immigrants from China are coming over and taking our community from us.' Further, she said it 'disgusts her seeing black people holding signs for these Asians and not supporting their own people.'" Gray, who is black, says Scott then went on to call him a "fool" for marrying Chang. At another precinct, in Detroit's East English Village, Scott was overheard telling a voter, "Thanks for voting for me, you don't need to vote for that ching-chang." That comment was relayed to Metro Times by Kalaya Long, a volunteer with Voices of Women to Win. "As an African-American woman, I've been called the N-word before in my life and you never forget it," says Long. "Each time it's shocking and appalling and disgusting, so when you hear someone that's a minority and a woman using slurs against another minority that's a woman, it's just mind boggling and it just felt dirty." Scott did not respond to an email and phone call seeking comment. She currently represents Detroit's southeast side and three of the Grosse Pointes and was endorsed by Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan in her bid to become a state senator. The call for an apology is being led by the group the Asian & Pacific Islander American Vote - Michigan. "Elected officials should be held to high standards of professional conduct, and respect people of all racial and ethnic backgrounds," APIAVote-MI said in a statement. "No elected official or candidate for office, regardless of political affiliation, should use stereotypical imagery or language. The use of these stereotypes is counter to the progress our country has made over past decades to encourage respect for all communities." Other groups that have called on Scott to apologize include the Association of Chinese Americans, the African Bureau of Immigration & Social Affairs, American Citizens for Justice, the Detroit Hispanic Development Corporation, and Equality Michigan. In a media release, the groups detailed the following allegations against Scott: ● In the early morning at Bethany Lutheran Church in Detroit, Rep. Scott called one of Rep. Stephanie Chang’s campaign volunteers an “immigrant,” saying “you don’t belong here” and “I want you out of my country.” ● Later on in the day, Rep. Scott was talking to a voter and said “these immigrants from China are coming over and taking our community from us.” Further, she said it “disgusts” her “seeing black people holding signs for these Asians and not supporting their own people.” ● In the early evening at East English Village Preparatory Academy, Rep. Scott approached another campaign’s volunteer and told her not to vote for the “ching-chang,” apparently referring to Rep. Chang. She was overheard telling multiple voters “Vote for me. Don’t vote for the ching-chong!” She also told Rep. Chang’s campaign staff that she called Chang’s volunteers “ching-chongs,” saying “I called them ching-chongs. That’s what they are!” |    Principal,  Tel: (301)906-6889; (240)912-6290 Licensed in MD, VA, DC, PA WeChat ID: sunnychenyuqing NMLS # 1220187 President, Principal Loan Consultant, Leader Funding, Inc.  电话: (240) 784-6645 Rockville, MD Phone: 301-366-3497 |
