大俠行天下日記 我見我聞我思 03/17

華亞裔面對之問題和危機

一年多艱難困苦難挨的日子，让我們華亞裔社區正在面臨前所未有之挑戰， 其中以種族歧視及經濟困難是我們共同要面對之重大變化。

當新冠肺炎在去年侵襲美洲大陸時，川普總統由始至終稱之為中國病毒，全國各地對於新冠疫情正不斷流傳病毒是來自中國武漢，因而造成一股反華的浪潮，在全國各地發生了數以千計的反亞裔事件造成我們社區之動盪和不安。

我們欣見包括百人會在內的華人社團，先後舉辦了各種研討會討論如何面對未來之挑戰，並且已做成決議向地方和聯邦政府加强懲罰歧視華亞裔的罪犯。

我們正关注經濟和歧视兩個主題，在近期內举辦社區圆桌會議，並將邀請主管經濟部門負責人，向各界說明如何申請紓困案之補助，如何填寫申請表。

對於種族歧視是一個全國各地面對之問題，拜登總統已經發佈了行政命令， 嚴厲防範種族歧視事件，我們也期盼社區各界人士能共同研究如何改善當地之治安，幫忙大家脫離心理上之恐懼和不安。

我們已經看到了曙光，希望疫情盡快過去，让我們共同努力互相關懐，迎向光明之未來。

We Are Now Facing A New Challenge

After more than a one year ordeal and much suffering time, we are finally getting out of the woods. But we are now facing economic and discrimination issues and the pandemic is changing our community in many ways,

When the pandemic hit our community last year, President Trump called the virus a “China virus” and the whole nation was full of an anti-Asian and Chinese atmosphere and the attacks were happening all over the country.

The leading Chinese organization, The Committee of 100, sponsored a virtual meeting to discuss how to protect our community and wants the federal government to enforce the law against any discrimination case.

We are also ready to organize a virtual community round table meeting to discuss all the problems we are facing today. The first meeting will be to discuss how to help local businesses apply for financial help through the SBA with the passing of the $1.9 trillion Rescue Bill.

We all hope this is the light at the end of the tunnel. Now we all need to be united and help each other to work for better tomorrow.