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发帖数: 5637 | 1 道歉信全篇在：
http://docs.house.gov/billsthisweek/20120618/BILLS-112hres683ih
【 以下文字转载自 LosAngeles 讨论区 】
发信人: spectrum805 (spectrum805), 信区: LosAngeles
标 题: 众议院昨天正式对布满华裔在美国的血泪的“排华草案”道歉
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Tue Jun 19 19:04:24 2012, 美东)
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. | I*****y
发帖数: 6402 | 2 Finally, Sam showed some humility to the well-deserved Chinese immigrants,
and it took them 130 years to learn it--although not really soul-searching;
alas, there may be even more rules/laws that is as unfair as the Chinese
Exclusion Act than Uncle Sam knows how to make enough apologies to the
victims. I found this apology very amusing, but I cannot be fuller of
respect to today's bravos on the hill for their correction of the mistakes
left behind by their great grandpas. PERIOD.
【在 s*********5 的大作中提到】
: 道歉信全篇在：
: http://docs.house.gov/billsthisweek/20120618/BILLS-112hres683ih
:
: 【 以下文字转载自 LosAngeles 讨论区 】
: 发信人: spectrum805 (spectrum805), 信区: LosAngeles
: 标 题: 众议院昨天正式对布满华裔在美国的血泪的“排华草案”道歉
: 发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Tue Jun 19 19:04:24 2012, 美东)
: House apologizes for laws targeting Chinese immigrants
: http://www.latimes.com/news/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-house-apo
: By Richard Simon
| d******e
发帖数: 1424 | 3 It is not even reported by mainstream media. | s*********4
发帖数: 1980 | | Z*****l
发帖数: 14069 | 5 赞。走一步是一步。
【在 s*********5 的大作中提到】
: 道歉信全篇在：
: http://docs.house.gov/billsthisweek/20120618/BILLS-112hres683ih
:
: 【 以下文字转载自 LosAngeles 讨论区 】
: 发信人: spectrum805 (spectrum805), 信区: LosAngeles
: 标 题: 众议院昨天正式对布满华裔在美国的血泪的“排华草案”道歉
: 发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Tue Jun 19 19:04:24 2012, 美东)
: House apologizes for laws targeting Chinese immigrants
: http://www.latimes.com/news/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-house-apo
: By Richard Simon
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发帖数: 10195 | 6 呵呵，我共什么时候向广大屁民道歉一下？从大饥荒到文革，欠下的债够多了。。。 | s**********o
发帖数: 14359 | 7 ESCONDIDO山上的水沟都是中国苦力给修的，英文有个词居然是苦力的发音，再看照片
都是从广东福建弄来的中国奴隶。我觉得有必要建一个中国苦力纪念馆 | P*******n
发帖数: 1408 | 8 看来小日本，被美国政府做了实验的弱智之类的都有神9之类的东东，不然的话，美国
政府怎么可能向他们道歉呢？
【在 s*********4 的大作中提到】
: 神九如果没有上天,不知道这法案会通过吗?
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发帖数: 889 | 9 我小声问一句，不怕得罪你，真的，你这种言论很常见，而我很好奇。
平日你跟美国人打交道，赢得尊重，交个朋友什么的，非得靠中国打个神舟上去你才有
底气吗？
中国要是没有神舟啥的，你跟美国人打交道难道就挺不起腰板吗？
【在 s*********4 的大作中提到】
: 神九如果没有上天,不知道这法案会通过吗?
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