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p****r
发帖数: 9164 | 1 【 以下文字转载自 LeisureTime 讨论区 】
发信人: winter (窗外有蓝天), 信区: LeisureTime
标 题: 今天波士顿游行现场长篇演讲。。。巨牛 (转载)
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Sat Nov 9 02:33:32 2013, 美东)
发信人: zaosen (leng), 信区: Texas
标 题: 今天波士顿游行现场长篇演讲。。。巨牛
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Sat Nov 9 01:17:25 2013, 美东)
What a Journey
Chunyan Li, Ph.D.
11/8/2013
Dear all,
How long does it take us to get here today? One hour? Two hours? For me, it
is 20 years! 20 years ago I arrived at this land of the free, full of ideals
, perhaps from listening too much to radio Voice of America. 20 years later
my sons join me to protest against ABC's spreading of racial hatred and
violence. What is wrong with this picture?
I ask my teenage son whether we should just treat "killing Chinese" as a
joke. He said this demonstrates what the society and media had been feeding
our young kids. My heart sank. Is America moving forward or backward?
Now I ask again: How long does it take us to get here?
I don't know about you, but the last 20 days seem longer than my 20 years.
Those of us who stand here today must have been reading, writing, arguing,
and agonizing over confusing pieces of reports and commentaries. And we ask
ourselves, are we being unreasonable? Is our English that bad that we don't
know what an apology is?
On 10/28, the night of our first protest, Mr. Kimmel said, "today is a weird
day...I am sorry if I offended anyone." I ask ABC, who is the weird one?
Who truly apologizes if he doesn't even say sorry for what? Sorry to whom?
To the Chinese whose sense of tranquility is forever disturbed? To our kids
whom we try so hard to shield from pain and harm? To the schools that teach
kids the spirit of Dr. Martin Luther King? ABC, do you call that an apology
?
In a letter to 80-20, ABC still claims it only entertains. Why is joking
about killing Chinese so entertaining? Is it because we are always so nice?
My friend's sweet 11-year old wants to write on his poster, "do not take
advantage of us." I first didn't understand, then found out he meant "don't
take advantage of us because we are nice." That broke my heart!!! ABC and Mr
. Kimmel, we hold you accountable for taking away our children's precious
sense of security. And we hold you accountable for sowing the seeds of
hatred in other children's minds.
On 10/29, Mr. Kimmel even resorted to the ridiculous notion of cultural
difference. I ask him, what cultural difference do you mean? A culture of
hard work, respect, harmony versus a culture of violence and racial hatred?
Then I admit there is an unbridgeable difference between Kimmel and us. We
know what's right, what's wrong. And we know what humor is too! Yet we have
no tolerance of your malicious joke, subsequent insult on air, then the
absurd reference to culture. This only proves Mr. Kimmel you are unfit to be
a public figure.
ABC, stop blaming cultural differences for your own mistakes! Except for
Native Americans, all are immigrants with unique traits. Yet we share the
basic value of human dignity. Stop magnifying the differences in skin colors
, or accents!
I ask a third time, how long does it take us to get here? Our friends
started telling us there is another written apology somewhere. Who in real
life is given so many third chances? Yet I ponder, are we asking too much? I
discovered to my dismay that in that written letter, Mr. Kimmel is still
hiding behind the 6-year old. Come on Mr. Kimmel, you think our anger is on
a 6-year old? Our anger is on your malicious question "Should we allow the
Chinese to live?" Our anger is on your subsequent arrogant ridicule. Our
rage is on ABC for not letting the public know the truth of these so called
apologies.
America is the home of the brave. ABC, show our kids you have the courage of
admitting wrong doing, show our kids you have the guts to take
responsibility by dismissing Mr. Kimmel. Show us you have the resolve to
institute procedures to prevent future incidences. ABC, do NOT hide behind a
6-year old! Show us what a major network can do to right its wrong!
Twenty years, twenty days. Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Who
doesn't want to be happy? But without life, what is liberty? Without liberty,
what is happiness? Let's join hands in our pursuit of human dignity.
Teach kids to love, not to kill! | I********e
发帖数: 6130 | 2 That's a very good speech.Thanks for sharing.
【在 p****r 的大作中提到】
: 【 以下文字转载自 LeisureTime 讨论区 】
: 发信人: winter (窗外有蓝天), 信区: LeisureTime
: 标 题: 今天波士顿游行现场长篇演讲。。。巨牛 (转载)
: 发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Sat Nov 9 02:33:32 2013, 美东)
: 发信人: zaosen (leng), 信区: Texas
: 标 题: 今天波士顿游行现场长篇演讲。。。巨牛
: 发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Sat Nov 9 01:17:25 2013, 美东)
: What a Journey
: Chunyan Li, Ph.D.
: 11/8/2013
| p****r
发帖数: 9164 | 3 yeah. I especially like this part：
"
I America is the home of the brave. ABC, show our kids you have the courage
of admitting wrong doing, show our kids you have the guts to take
responsibility by dismissing Mr. Kimmel. Show us you have the resolve to
institute procedures to prevent future incidences. ABC, do NOT hide behind a
6-year old! Show us what a major network can do to right its wrong!
"
【在 I********e 的大作中提到】
: That's a very good speech.Thanks for sharing.
| I********e
发帖数: 6130 | 4 You know, I've found that for many people it's really hard to actually say "
I was wrong" - they could do all the things in the world to correct what
they did or not do it again but to get them to actually say they were wrong
is incredibly hard. So I agree, it does take a lot of courage to say it for
many people (to me it seems so inefficient 'cause the actions are usually a
lot more work than just saying these 3 words. Heh). BTW this is just a
general observation, nothing specific to ABC or anything.
courage
a
【在 p****r 的大作中提到】
: yeah. I especially like this part：
: "
: I America is the home of the brave. ABC, show our kids you have the courage
: of admitting wrong doing, show our kids you have the guts to take
: responsibility by dismissing Mr. Kimmel. Show us you have the resolve to
: institute procedures to prevent future incidences. ABC, do NOT hide behind a
: 6-year old! Show us what a major network can do to right its wrong!
: "
| p****r
发帖数: 9164 | 5 yeah. It definitely takes a lot of courage , wisdom etc to admit wrongdoing
, both to other people and to yourself.
It is not a shame to admit mistake and wrongdoing since nobody is
perfect. It is a shame to constantly hide it and not face it.
"
wrong
for
a
【在 I********e 的大作中提到】
: You know, I've found that for many people it's really hard to actually say "
: I was wrong" - they could do all the things in the world to correct what
: they did or not do it again but to get them to actually say they were wrong
: is incredibly hard. So I agree, it does take a lot of courage to say it for
: many people (to me it seems so inefficient 'cause the actions are usually a
: lot more work than just saying these 3 words. Heh). BTW this is just a
: general observation, nothing specific to ABC or anything.
:
: courage
: a
| G***o
发帖数: 5158 | 6
【在 p****r 的大作中提到】
: yeah. It definitely takes a lot of courage , wisdom etc to admit wrongdoing
: , both to other people and to yourself.
: It is not a shame to admit mistake and wrongdoing since nobody is
: perfect. It is a shame to constantly hide it and not face it.
:
: "
: wrong
: for
: a
| G***o
发帖数: 5158 | 7 Jimmy Kimmel is definitely a big fat coward compared to the old lady Paula
Deen who had the guts to admitt her wrong doing (albeit a much less severe
one).
courage
a
【在 p****r 的大作中提到】
: yeah. I especially like this part：
: "
: I America is the home of the brave. ABC, show our kids you have the courage
: of admitting wrong doing, show our kids you have the guts to take
: responsibility by dismissing Mr. Kimmel. Show us you have the resolve to
: institute procedures to prevent future incidences. ABC, do NOT hide behind a
: 6-year old! Show us what a major network can do to right its wrong!
: "
| p**********e
发帖数: 703 | 8 I am thinking of adding the following sentence to the end:
God bless us, God bless American! | s*****n
发帖数: 742 | | s*****n
发帖数: 742 | 10 It might be hard for Jimmy as an individual, but really NOT hard for ABC /
Disney by firing Jimmy. Let's push it through. W/o our push, it will NEVER
happen!
"
wrong
for
a
【在 I********e 的大作中提到】
: You know, I've found that for many people it's really hard to actually say "
: I was wrong" - they could do all the things in the world to correct what
: they did or not do it again but to get them to actually say they were wrong
: is incredibly hard. So I agree, it does take a lot of courage to say it for
: many people (to me it seems so inefficient 'cause the actions are usually a
: lot more work than just saying these 3 words. Heh). BTW this is just a
: general observation, nothing specific to ABC or anything.
:
: courage
: a
| M****0
发帖数: 877 | 11 This is really touching. Support and salute. | m*****t
发帖数: 334 | 12 强顶
【在 p****r 的大作中提到】
: yeah. It definitely takes a lot of courage , wisdom etc to admit wrongdoing
: , both to other people and to yourself.
: It is not a shame to admit mistake and wrongdoing since nobody is
: perfect. It is a shame to constantly hide it and not face it.
:
: "
: wrong
: for
: a
| c***a
发帖数: 188 | 13 不知道这件事仅仅是jk节目，还是有ABC/Disney高层，还是有别的组织/机构在后面。
【在 s*****n 的大作中提到】
: It might be hard for Jimmy as an individual, but really NOT hard for ABC /
: Disney by firing Jimmy. Let's push it through. W/o our push, it will NEVER
: happen!
:
: "
: wrong
: for
: a
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