社评 0214b 华商领䄂集会共商对策

                                    华商领䄂集会共商对策

                                                   ---  联合各族裔共同对抗抵制

旅居休斯敦多年的华商领袖昨天聚集在美南电视中心，共同讨论如何处理德州参议院将提出之禁止中国公民购买土地案， 并邀请格林议员出席指导。

参议院第147条法案是充满对华人之敌意，并对我们今后华人百业都有深远之影响 ，尤其是地產业， 事关无数地產经纪之生计。

百餘年来华人移民美国可以说充满了艰辛的歷史， 从早日修铁路开餐厅、洗衣店到第二代接受良好教育，而渐在各行各业取得长足之成就， 但是在政治上仍然处於劣势群， 其中非常重要之原因是大家不够团结。

為了抵制147 条恶法， 大家决定尽快联络拉丁裔、 非裔 、亚裔及反对法案之主流群及民意代表， 在最短期内在德州休斯敦及奥斯丁举办千人群眾大会， 号召群眾表达大家之诉求。

格林议员总是在我们社区遭遇困难时拔刀相助， 他说 ：“我们目前正面对共同之挑战 ，有许多政客就是不愿见到人口结构之变化， 抢走了他们的政治地盘 ，这是违反了我们立国及宪法精神。”

今晚出席的有许多重量级之华商巨贾及社区领袖， 并且分别捐款要打赢这场反民主 种族歧视之恶法。

United With All Ethnic Groups To Fight Against Bill 147

Chinese businessmen in the Houston area got together last night at our TV studio to discuss how to deal with the bill in the Texas Senate that proposes to ban Chinese citizens from buying land in Texas.

This bill is full of hostility towards Chinese and will have a far-reaching impact on Chinese Americans into the future, especially in the real estate business which is tied to many people’s livelihood.

When we look back at history, the Chinese immigration to the United States was full of hardship. Many came here as railroad workers and laborers until the next generation gradually reached a higher level of success. But we still very much lack in political representation.

Tonight we have Larry Wong, David Du,  Kevin Yang, Harry Sun, C C Lee, Jim Noteware, Micheal Liu, James Lou,  Grace Jackson, Connie Zhang, Dr. Sam Hwang, Dr. David Li and Dr. Mei. All of them are very outstanding leaders and businessmen and women in our community.

Congressman Al Green came as a guest speaker. He said this bill totally violates the spirit of our constitution.

In the meeting we decided to ask our Latino, African and other Asian groups to team up with us and fight against this evil bill.

Congressman Al Green also instructed his legal team to draft a bill in the U.S. Congress against this bill in the Texas Senate.