10/13/2018

纽约客知名作者兼学者Hua Hsu花了不少时间，多方面采访了很多人，写了这篇文章。文章没有很强的个人倾向或评论，而是写了很多角度和小故事小情景，理顺了一些历史线索，让我们自己思考。唯一诧异的是他没有提到Peter Liang或者是亚裔细分这两条。

赶在十月十五号哈佛诉讼案在波斯顿联邦地方法院开庭之前，这篇重磅长文以围绕平权法案的前因后果，各方参与者的故事式叙述写历史和看未来。无论如何，对错与否，美国民权运动史上已经再续新篇章—— 亚裔华裔篇！是经不可思议的微信联系起来，走向主流媒体的华裔新移民我们！😄

文中提到的Nate Yu就是咱们社区去年帮助的一个亚裔孩子（妈妈是菲律宾裔，爸爸是华裔）。Blum座谈会时，我看大家姗姗来迟，就请他上台讲话，以填补空白，之后他也和记者谈了谈。文章出来后，我忙给Nate家读，这个被学校特殊利益团体找高大上借口，利用自己的势力圈子在主流媒体和社交媒体上肆意欺负、导致四面楚歌、众叛亲离的家庭，读了Hua Hsu相对公允的描述，泪流满面。我的观察：亚裔虽然在教育方面崭露头角，在职场和社会上仍然处于相对劣势，在这种时候左派致力于拿掉教育这个华裔唯一略有优势的平衡杠杆，是非常不合理也是让人忧心的。

文章一反亚裔刻板形象，每个人都栩栩如生：胡子拉碴喜欢喝一盅的渔夫Alex，越说越激动两眼放光的老贺，头发梳得一丝不苟、苍蝇爬上要跌断腿的Nate，插科打诨的我和庄严肃穆的蓝天大侠...... 文章的结尾是主人翁Michael从William大学毕业，典礼上的致辞是，“你有能力去改变世界, 去做那些让你无怨无悔的事吧！” Michael心想：“这正是我所想要去做的。”

文章全文在此，我们SVCAF正在翻译此文，稍后会出来。https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/10/15/the-rise-and-fall-of-affirmative-action?from=timeline&isappinstalled=0

今天，我们SVCAF六位理事，硅谷最可爱的人，靠着众人捐款，坐着经济舱，住着airbnb的高低铺，从加州去到Boston参加10/14号抗议哈佛入学歧视的集会。我们美丽娇小的主席Crystal写了极有爆发力的发言稿，我有幸预览并提供了一点修改意见，期待她振臂一忽的一刻，试看今日亚裔不再做沉默羔羊！

美国亚裔教育联盟（AACE）表彰硅谷华人协会基金会（SVCAF）为杰出盟友。

南加金橙俱乐部（TOC）和北加SVCAF胜利会师，巧得是TOC的创始人英文名字也叫Alex Chen。餐桌右二就是老贺，眼睛很有神对不对？

北加SVCA南加TOC都是2014年的SCA5给气出来的。想不到吧，加州在立法层面于1996年在加州共和党一息尚存之时推出全民公投通过了Proposition 209，从此在教育、政府雇员及政府工作层面全面禁止考虑种族因素（通称🈲️AA🈲️ ），这一直是他们种族份子心中的痛。到2014年，他们推出了SCA5，企图推翻Prop209。被亚裔虎妈狼爸造反，搁置了。 

随后，TOC与SVCA仗着余怒，倾巢而出、扶老携幼分别挺出了Baker（北），Kim（南）等几位共和党议员，结束了加州议会民主党超过2/3（可以修宪）的局面👊

当时我还在岁月静好，不知道东邪西毒、南帝北丐轰轰烈烈的江湖壮举，2015年南帝TOC与北丐SVCA趁热打铁，一口气帮Blum几乎奄奄一息的SFFA拉了几万会员。

为了节省经费，Alex 定了Airbnb。俗话说便宜无好货，这家不推荐。上下铺有很重的霉味，早上洗澡没有热水，能干的老高折腾半天把它重新启动，第二天又坏了。只好不洗或者冲冷水澡。

抗议哈佛入学种族歧视，支持Blum状告哈佛的集会 

日期：2018年10月14日，星期日。 时间：美国东部时间下午12点到3点。 

地点：Copley Square, Boston (next to 139 St James Ave, Boston, MA 02116)。 

⚡️⚡️⚡️波士顿10/14大游行组委会决定对集会在Youtube 上进行现场直播 以便全美和全世界的朋友观看。 10/14 日美东时间 11:45 am 请上以下网站观看。 http://www.svcaf.org/bostonrally 也请大家在微信朋友圈 facebook and twitter 上分享这个链接⚡️⚡️⚡️

Speech at the Boston Rally 

Crystal Lu 

October 14, 2018 

 Hello everyone! Hello Boston! My name is Crystal Lu. I come from California. Anyone here also from California? I am President of a grassroots organization called Silicon Valley Chinese Association Foundation. Six board members including myself are here today. 

I know hundreds and thousands of Californians want to join you, but due to the distance, they can’t. However, they donated generously to pay for our trips. They made sure that the six of us can be here to join this amazing crowd. They made sure that I stand here on their behalf for this important and historical moment. Everyone, can I please ask you to cheer for the Californians and those from all corners of the nation who are watching on livestream? Californians, since you are watching online, we can’t hear you. But we trust that you are reciprocating with some cheering too! 

No matter where we are from, two things make Asian Americans stand out. One, extremely hardworking. Two, notoriously apathetic to politics. We work hard, pay taxes, obey the law and order, and keep to ourselves. We tell our kids to follow the same accountability. Sounds like Model Minority, doesn’t it? When it comes to legal matters, politics, making public appearances, we rarely get involved, or even tune in. But — Look at us, look at Copley Square, look at Boston. It is here, now, we proudly announce: We have casted that Model Minority stereotype out! We are rewriting history by making our voices heard, loud and clear, in solidarity!

This reminds me of early 2014, when we Asian Americans in California fought a bill called SCA5, short for Senate Constitutional Amendment No. 5. It marked a water shedding moment of Asian Americans’ involvement in public affairs. SCA5 intended to amend the state constitution and re-establish the consideration of race, skin color and ethnicity in public university admissions in California. Sounds familiar to what Harvard is doing, right? SCA5’s hidden agenda was to squeeze out the so called overrepresented groups like, you guessed it, Asian American students! 

Just like that, the sleeping Tiger Moms and Dads woke up! This racially discriminatory agenda drove people out of their comfy little homes where they previously hid by working extra hours for their jobs, where their kids quietly studied extra math and sciences to stay ahead of school, and obediently practiced piano or violin every day, where TV was strictly limited. But this time Asian Americans rebelled! We demonstrated and protested in Sacramento and other cities. We labored and gathered petitions. We shamelessly lobbied legislators. In fact, my organization SVCA Foundation was born right there, right then. In the end, we defeated SCA5. You know why? Because we broke apart from our role and got loud and obnoxious in 2014! 

Today, we once again got loud and obnoxious! So if you ask me now what are the two characteristics of Asian Americans? No. 1 – the same – hardworking. No. 2, yes, YOU GUESSED IT, loud and obnoxious! 

Growing up, my parents told me: If you don’t have something nice to say, don’t say it. They told me: Don’t raise your voice. They also told me: Avoid saying things that may upset the authority! All sounds familiar? 

My fellow citizens, don’t worry about being loud and obnoxious. Because, look, what had Model Minority gotten us? Our children’s personalities got assassinated despite their grit, perseverance and the many sacrifices they’ve made through all aspects of their lives. Harvard deems them lacking positive personalities such as likability, courage, kindness and being widely respected. Believe it or not, being loud and obnoxious like we are right now won’t make it any worse. What do we have to lose? 

My friends, I thank you for coming today to further buck that dispassionate, apathetic stereotype. I thank you for coming today to tell Harvard that we have American Dreams too. We are at a time when our nation is sadly balkanized. We are seeing political and social tribes further divided than ever. Therefore, I thank you for showing up today to tell Harvard to stop putting a wedge between various groups, to stop tearing up the very social fabric that our founding fathers and our great nation have worked so hard to build and strengthen. All children deserve equal education rights. Today we say it loudly and obnoxiously!