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4/24/2021 星期五日记
 我见 我闻 我思

 参院通过反歧视亚裔法案

 参院今天以九十四对一票压倒性票数通过反歧视亚裔法案，立促司法部加强审查有关对亚裔歧视案，此案即将送交眾议院通过后，拜登縂统会签署生效。
 这项法案是在三月十六日亚特兰大多名亚裔女性在按摩院被枪杀后由华裔眾议员孟江文及夏威夷日裔参议员弘野共同提出。

 这项遅来的正义，将明确地向全国发出非常强烈的讯息，我们将从执法单位和民间共同支持反对种族歧视和法律规范。

 知名的华裔媒体人钟毓华今天在接受媒体访问时说，这些不幸之仇视亚裔事件，已经累积了近四千起，主要原因还是要归罪於前总统川普把新冠病毒称之為“中国病毒，功夫病毒” ，他的不实称呼导致许多国人对亚裔之仇恨和偏见。

 我们要在此大声疾呼，特别感谢国会之立法，希望政府有关执行部门要认真接受和调查数千件反亚裔案件，我们社区更要加强团结，互助合作，共同应对反亚裔之不法行径。

Senate Passes Anti-Asian Hate Crime Bill

With a vote of 94-1 the Senate passed with a wide bipartisan majority yesterday a bill denouncing discrimination against Asian communities in the United States.

The bill would also direct the Department of Justice to issue guidance raising awareness of hate crimes during the pandemic and will establish an online reporting system.

The bill was sponsored by New York Democratic representative Grace Meng and Hawaii Democratic Senator Mazie Hirono following the March 16^th shooting of six Asian women in Atlanta.

After the bill passed, Senator Hirono said that this bill sends a clear and unmistakable message of solidarity to the Asian American and Pacific Islander community.

Connie Chung, former CBS correspondent, told CNN that the increase in hate crimes was created by former President Trump calling the COVID-19 virus the “China Virus.”

We are really happy that Congress finally acted on the hate crime legislation. We also want to remind our community leaders to be united to speak out about our problem.

It is very sad that when many of our brothers and sisters are still fighting the pandemic that they also need to fight with the hate crimes.

 We urge President Biden to speed up and sign the bill so that all the law enforcement agencies will pay more attention to it.