Ontario school board says coronavirus concerns veer into anti-Chinese racism TORONTO -- Community organizations are applauding an Ontario school board for taking a stand against racial profiling as the new coronavirus raises concerns about discrimination against Chinese-Canadians. Officials with the York Region District School Board issued a letter Monday urging parents to not speculate about the risk of students and staff members spreading the virus based on their race or travel history. An online petition by parents in the region north of Toronto, which has a large Chinese population, calls on the school board to ask students whose families have recently returned from China to stay home for 17 days to "self-quarantine." Board chair Juanita Nathan and education director Louise Sirisko wrote that such requests run the risk of "demonstrating bias and racism," even when made in the name of safety. "At times such as this, we must come together as Canadians and avoid any hint of xenophobia, which in this case can victimize our East Asian Chinese community," the letter said. "Situations such as these can regrettably give rise to discrimination based on perceptions, stereotypes and hate." More than a dozen community groups that advocate for marginalized communities issued a joint statement Tuesday commending the school board for taking swift action to prevent racial profiling. "Racism has no place in our society or in our classrooms," said the statement, which was endorsed by the Chinese Canadian National Council for Social Justice, the Ontario Council of Agencies Serving Immigrants, the Urban Alliance on Race Relations among other organizations. On Tuesday, health officials found a presumed case of the virus in British Columbia, in addition to the two others that have been identified in Toronto. Speaking in Ottawa, Health Minister Patty Hajdu cautioned people against letting fear of the illness drive them to act out against others. Organizers are set to hold a press conference outside Toronto City Hall on Wednesday to address the stigmatization of Chinese-Canadian communities amid growing public panic about the new coronavirus. Speaker Avvy Go, the director of the Chinese and Southeast Asian Legal Clinic, said the climate of fear brings back painful memories about the discrimination Chinese-Canadians suffered during 2003's SARS outbreak. Go said she represented clients facing landlords looking to evict them, employers who cut their wages or their jobs and immigration officials who wore face masks while hearing refugee claims. Go testified about these experiences during Ontario's inquiry into the SARS outbreak, but said the commission's more than 1,200-page report didn't address the role anti-Chinese racism played in the crisis. While health authorities say they're better prepared to handle an outbreak than 17 years ago, Go said the lack of progress in responding to racial profiling presents a public-health concern. "(The) government should start getting ready to prepare for the very foreseeable outbreak of racism during this crisis," Go said. "Don't wait till the matter gets worse." Tonny Louie, chair of the Toronto Chinatown Business Improvement Area, helped kick off Lunar New Year celebrations this weekend by joking to the crowd that his sore throat was caused by a cold, not the new coronavirus. But by the second day of the festivities, Louie said the event saw a considerable dropoff in attendance. He believes businesses in the city's bustling Chinatown have also suffered a loss of patrons due to fears about contracting the virus. According to a 2004 report by the Chinese Canadian National Council, Chinese-owned businesses across Toronto were hit by the SARS outbreak, leading to between a 40 per cent and 80 per cent loss of income by some estimates. The economic blow was so pronounced that then-prime minister Jean Chretien dined in Chinatown in a bid to show it was safe to patronize Chinese establishments. Justin Kong, executive director of the Chinese Canadian National Council's Toronto chapter, said it will take more than a photo-op to assuage community members' concerns about a resurgence in anti-Chinese racism. Kong said social media has accelerated the spread of misinformation that could not only fuel the stigmatization of Chinese-Canadian communities, but also distract from the evidence-based health information Canadians need. "This is a crisis for all Canadians, and Chinese-Canadians are bearing the brunt of it," Kong said. "We need to make sure that we not only prevent the spread of this virus, but that we don't harm people and communities in the process." This report by The Canadian Press was first published Jan. 28, 2020.
约克地区学区委员会的官员周一发信,敦促父母不要根据他们的种族或旅行历史推测学生和教职员工传播病毒的风险。
在多伦多人口众多的多伦多北部地区,父母们在网上提出的请愿书,呼吁学校董事会要求最近从中国返回家园的学生在家里呆17天,进行“自我检疫”。
它还要求学校跟踪这些学生的旅行,并通知其他父母,以便他们可以决定是否让孩子离开课堂。
董事会主席胡安妮塔·内森(Juanita Nathan)和教育主管路易斯·西里斯科(Louise Sirisko)写道,即使以安全为名提出这样的要求,也冒着“表现出偏见和种族主义”的风险。
他们说,尽管该病毒被认为起源于中国中部城市武汉,但重要的是不要将其视为“中国病毒”。
信中说:“在这样的时刻,我们必须以加拿大人的身份团结在一起,避免任何仇外心理,在这种情况下,仇外心理可能会损害我们的东亚华人社区。”
“令人遗憾的是,诸如此类的情况会导致基于观念,定型观念和仇恨的歧视。”
校务委员会发言人说,这封信是针对社区(尤其是社交媒体)流传的“错误信息”而发出的。在中国,已有超过4,500例新的冠状病毒病例,加剧了人与人之间的传播。加拿大最高公共卫生官员周一表示,在发现第二例推测的阳性病例后,加拿大人的风险仍然很小。
是的,以前我也不相信,在美国呆的时间越长越发现有些人真是恨自己种族恨到骨子里了
我相信是带节奏的某些人。不然需要多么脑残和唔知才敢这样做。
其实,我们身居海外的华人首先应该维护我们现有的所居住地的法治安稳的秩序。 类似这种自己给自己国人贴标签, 代购买光市场上所有口罩,到处人肉等等行为都是损害了这里的秩序了的。
我觉得, 我们可以尽自己努力呼吁武汉回来的人自觉隔离,我们可以提高自己卫生防护,我们也应该向政府和当地居民提出警告这次疫情的严重性。
但是, 那些损害华人声誉的事情请不要再干了。
没读英文报道吧?
是一些中国人上蹿下跳举报,要断航,要隔离中国人…这下你们满意了?!建议这些人,出门举着自己的加拿大或美国国籍,免得被误伤
有些教师(白人)还是有歧视的。有一次我看到他们的一篇课堂阅读的一段内容就是明晃晃的歧视,大致是说现在更多中国到欧洲旅游的人就是炫耀有钱,根本不懂得也不屑于了解欧洲的历史和艺术。 我后来同老师抗议说班级里有3个华人孩子,这么多的阅读文章你不选为什么偏偏选这一篇。他回复说是randomly 挑的,以后会注意。
外宣主题每天一换,昨天是戴口罩没用,今天是华人只顾自己,没有大局观,没有维护祖国利益,
他哪有那个智商读英语啊
这帮人肯定不华人样,五个鼻子八张嘴,七只眼睛十几条腿,洋人们一看你们就不是华人,
有直接咒骂国内同胞帖子,什么粉红粉黑都没这个恶心
来点实质性的内容吧 要不就读读英文报道 不要秀智商了
文章主流媒体 发言人有名有姓有权威职位 自己去考证吧
是的,这次某些人表现真的让人大跌眼镜。
直指人性
勇于制止不良行为 玛雅 你是要鼓励别人去犯法吗?美国的司法机构了解一下吧 不要自以为是惹祸了。
怎么这么多无知无谓的人?
这你可难为他了,人家的拿手好戏只是扣廊坊粉红帽子+挑拨矛盾
看见有国人在禁烟区抽烟 告诉他不可以抽 这算制止不良行为不?算犯法不?你这么有知有谓给我们秀一下你理解的美国司法知识
普通公民守法是第一
你不是执法机构也不权威组织 你对危机的判断全是个人行为 如果基于你自己的危机判断作出危害他人人权的举动 是违法的。
不合情理吧 但是社会构造就是这样的
正确做法是叫警察 如果建筑物周围有标志
如果你上前制止 言语制止没发生冲突 估计没事情。如果你暴力制止 两人冲突 路人叫警察 就要看你或者对方有没有动用武器 (水瓶包甚至钱夹都算的)警察出现之后 要不要带你们去拘留 需要county DA做判断 然后警察才有c下一步的行动。
懂法不是值得讥讽的事情 是自我保护。
大妈估计看不懂英文报道
暴力制止是你脑补吧 那个层主哪里说要暴力制止了? 看到人在禁烟区吸烟叫警察?浪费警力也犯法你懂吗?
你爱怎么样就怎么样吧
看到不合适的言论 我还是会表达自己的想法。很多人都是好人 只是思维方式没转换过来。
希望越来越多的人熟悉当地法律
让你装大尾巴狼拽的二五八万的秀智商 还说别人没知识
必然的,简单直接不容易引起混淆,就像中东呼吸综合征冠状病毒
按照华人大妈的逻辑,这种做法很有道理啊。你是华人,必然平时接触华人多。那感染疫病的几率就大啊。
让你的孩子在家回避毫无问题。
太扯淡了。我居住的社区算是亚裔很多的了。学校亚裔只占了一半,大部分还是印度裔。
全美学校大部分是华人学生的地方能有多少?
中国官方不是称武汉肺炎吗?直译有啥问题?
re.以这个华人网为大本营。如果不跟着她们一起自恨就被扣上五毛廊坊的帽子。
1)大妈不懂英文,所有信息来源都是华人啊文学城啊之类自恨网站2)大妈会说加拿大媒体也被中共infiltrate了,就像她们说WHO,CDC被中共控制了一样。
哈,你还是适合回厉害国被钉木板封死在屋子里,文明世界不适合你们这些泼皮,保证再不担心自恨了。
嗯 CDC都是三体星特派员 目标就是颠覆地球
re.强烈建议这些人出门把护照顶在脑门上,再加上一句“Not from Wuhan”
RE! 这帮人都是政治避难来的吧
没有白左圣母们抵制,白右早把华人关集中营隔离了,你以为他们会客气
re
北美还没怎样呢就开始跳着脚地检举揭发上报防范同胞
如果真打起仗来,估计这批人肯定争相当汉奸
可笑的是其中大部分人肯定声讨过文化大革命和红卫兵的
殊不知他们自己的内斗能力过犹不及
这些id很自豪的。不止一次见过她们宣称”要不是华人网(上我们的发言),你们还在被tg(who/cdc)蒙蔽/武汉现在会更差/肺炎恐怕早已传遍世界。。。。”
这在平常生活中多没有life,才在这里找到成就感啊
今天大外宣简直疯了,有没有人测一下今天上网的ID有多少美国以外?层主这种脑残话竟然有八个点赞的。
以前把华人关集中营的,是左派,现在搞新排华2.0 Affirmative Action的也是民主党!!!
你才脑残,白右才是歧视少数族裔要把移民华人赶走的,这个都不明白不是脑残就是根本不在美国的无知
同怀疑。。。并且有没有发现,这批跳的最厉害, 满嘴口号搞分化的id,和政治贴里拼命分化玩文革阶级斗争的id也高度重合,蛮有意思。
美国历史上什么时候有华人关集中营?
我是说排华,我自己意识到了,发出之前改了后面的没改前面的
喔
我记得只有罗斯福时期日韩集中营
就想知道现在写信去要求隔离国内来的人的这些人前年有没有写信去要求隔离从刚果来的人以免ebola病毒扩散。
必须不敢呀
会被黑人社团和人权组织活撕的
你在哪个州?感觉跟不同的州也有关系。
我不觉的,在大街上毫无理由打华人的是中国人吗?你这样说也是自恨的一种吧!
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版上很多人怀念国内,就是因为有来自这方面的精神压力。又有不少人说在美国呆得非常开心,完全感受不到种族歧视,只能说他们很幸运。学校里真的非常明显,都是自己人跟自己人玩。
自己人和自己人玩儿,是天性华人
在国外不用气馁
我们的勤劳和有爱,是我们的天性
但是我们华人更应该抱团取暖,互相支持鼓励、保护自己种族的生存空间