本文发表在 rolia.net 枫下论坛The following is a public letter to Councillor Miller Blasts Ford whose comments on Wednesday night (March 5, 2008) during a council debate about extending holiday shopping to all downtown stores were full of racism and abuse!
Please e-mail your name and resident city to cdntoronto@gmail to show your support to the letter. We plan to send this e-mail, under the names of all of us, to Councillor Miller Blasts Ford, to show our objection to his racist comments and ask him to resign from the city council. This e-mail is also going to be copied to City Councillor, MPP MP of my ward and Mayor David Miller. I am expecting 1000 supports for me.
Any advice to this letter is also welcome!
Please forward this message to ALL your Toronto relatives, classmates, friends, colleagues, and anyone who may have the same feelings and ideals. Please translate this message to your own language and post it to your own media (newspapers, BBS, Blog, forums) and let as many people know as possible.
Little by little, we can change Toronto!
以下是准备发给Councillor Miller Blasts Ford的公开信，反对他的种族主义言论, 敦促他放弃市议员职位。支持公开信的请将您的名字、所在城市发e -mail到cdntoronto@gmail.com。我准备以大家的名义把这个e-mail发给Councillor Miller Blasts Ford，以及我所在选区的市议员、省议员、国会议员和市长David Miller。我期待征集1000人的支持。
如对公开信有修改意见，亦欢迎不吝赐教。
请将我们的行动告诉你在多伦多的家人、同学、朋友、同事、以及其他有相同感受和想法的人。请将我们这一行动翻译成你自己的语言并张贴到你们自己的媒体上（报纸、BBS、BLOG、论坛）并让尽可能多的人了解我们的行动。
多伦多的改变，需要我们大家的努力！
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Dear Councillor Miller Blasts Ford,
Subject: YOUR 'ORIENTALS' REMARK
Your comments on Wednesday night (March 5, 2008) during a council debate about extending holiday shopping to all downtown stores are more than inappropriate. Your refusal to accept Mayor David Miller's advice is more than disappointing!
"Go to the Orient. Go to Hong Kong. I've been there. You want to see workaholics? Those Oriental people work like dogs. They work their hearts out.… They sleep beside their machines. That's why they're successful in life," Mr. Ford said. (National Post, Friday, March 07, 2008)
"Oriental people, they're slowly taking over. There's no excuses for [them.] They're hard, hard workers." (National Post, Friday, March 07, 2008)
Mr. Miller, who was not in the chambers when Mr. Ford made his remarks, yesterday demanded he apologize. (National Post, Friday, March 07, 2008)
"Councillor Ford's comments are totally inappropriate for anyone, let alone an elected official who represents a city that is probably the most diverse city in the world," the Mayor said. (National Post, Friday, March 07, 2008)
"Mr. Ford needs to make an apology; it needs to be made publicly on the floor of council and it should be to all Torontonians and to city council." (National Post, Friday, March 07, 2008)
When told that Mr. Ford said he intended his speech as a compliment to the Asian community, Mr. Miller replied: "I don't think bigoted and racist comments can be meant as a compliment. I didn't know he'd said that. But I'm quite shocked that that would be the explanation." (National Post, Friday, March 07, 2008)
I am a Canadian citizen residing at Ward 39 Scarborough Agincourt, an immigrant landed here five years ago from China. I have my parents, brothers, many relatives, many classmates and too many friends in Hongkong, mainland China and Taiwan. Are they what you called "Oriental people"? They work very hard, but are they "like dogs"?
Councillor Miller Blasts Ford, what did you mean by "Oriental people"?
When you were using words like "Oriental people", you could not pretend your English was even worse than us ESL immigrants.
Councillor Miller Blasts Ford, you have been to Hongkong and you know how rude and offensive it is to call a person a "dog" there. What did you mean by saying "Those Oriental people work like dogs"?
Councillor Miller Blasts Ford, please tell me what you really wanted to express by saying "Oriental people, they're slowly taking over". Tell me what those "Oriental people" are taking over, and from whom!
Councillor Miller Blasts Ford, how could you say with your eyes open that your speech was a compliment to the Asian community? Now I am telling you, Councillor Miller Blasts Ford, that your speech is not a compliment to our community at all, on the contrary, it is a serious offense from an uneducated person!
Councillor Miller Blasts Ford, in your dictionary I cannot find the word "respect" when you used words like "Oriental people" and referred them to as "dogs";
In your dictionary I cannot find the word "honesty" when you pretended your speech as a compliment to the Asian community;
In your dictionary I cannot find the word "equality" when you said "Oriental people" were slowly taking over!
What I do find from your words is a racist, a person lack of necessary education, a person who is unable to control and conceal his anxiety, disappointment and anger!
I cannot believe such a person could be elected sitting in the city hall representing our city of Toronto!
Councillor Miller Blasts Ford, you owe us an apology, publicly!
Councillor Miller Blasts Ford, you need to say sorry on the council floor!
Councillor Miller Blasts Ford, you are no longer suitable for the seat of city councillor! Please do not stay on the seat any longer!
Mr. Miller Blasts Ford, before showing up again, please do your homework and find out what "respect", "honesty" and "equity" mean and how to practice them! Also please learn how to control and conceal your anxiety, disappointment and anger!
Sincerely Yours
Johnny Yang
Taxpayer, Canadian citizen,
Toronto更多精彩文章及讨论，请光临枫下论坛 rolia.net
Please e-mail your name and resident city to cdntoronto@gmail to show your support to the letter. We plan to send this e-mail, under the names of all of us, to Councillor Miller Blasts Ford, to show our objection to his racist comments and ask him to resign from the city council. This e-mail is also going to be copied to City Councillor, MPP MP of my ward and Mayor David Miller. I am expecting 1000 supports for me.
Any advice to this letter is also welcome!
Please forward this message to ALL your Toronto relatives, classmates, friends, colleagues, and anyone who may have the same feelings and ideals. Please translate this message to your own language and post it to your own media (newspapers, BBS, Blog, forums) and let as many people know as possible.
Little by little, we can change Toronto!
以下是准备发给Councillor Miller Blasts Ford的公开信，反对他的种族主义言论, 敦促他放弃市议员职位。支持公开信的请将您的名字、所在城市发e -mail到cdntoronto@gmail.com。我准备以大家的名义把这个e-mail发给Councillor Miller Blasts Ford，以及我所在选区的市议员、省议员、国会议员和市长David Miller。我期待征集1000人的支持。
如对公开信有修改意见，亦欢迎不吝赐教。
请将我们的行动告诉你在多伦多的家人、同学、朋友、同事、以及其他有相同感受和想法的人。请将我们这一行动翻译成你自己的语言并张贴到你们自己的媒体上（报纸、BBS、BLOG、论坛）并让尽可能多的人了解我们的行动。
多伦多的改变，需要我们大家的努力！
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Dear Councillor Miller Blasts Ford,
Subject: YOUR 'ORIENTALS' REMARK
Your comments on Wednesday night (March 5, 2008) during a council debate about extending holiday shopping to all downtown stores are more than inappropriate. Your refusal to accept Mayor David Miller's advice is more than disappointing!
"Go to the Orient. Go to Hong Kong. I've been there. You want to see workaholics? Those Oriental people work like dogs. They work their hearts out.… They sleep beside their machines. That's why they're successful in life," Mr. Ford said. (National Post, Friday, March 07, 2008)
"Oriental people, they're slowly taking over. There's no excuses for [them.] They're hard, hard workers." (National Post, Friday, March 07, 2008)
Mr. Miller, who was not in the chambers when Mr. Ford made his remarks, yesterday demanded he apologize. (National Post, Friday, March 07, 2008)
"Councillor Ford's comments are totally inappropriate for anyone, let alone an elected official who represents a city that is probably the most diverse city in the world," the Mayor said. (National Post, Friday, March 07, 2008)
"Mr. Ford needs to make an apology; it needs to be made publicly on the floor of council and it should be to all Torontonians and to city council." (National Post, Friday, March 07, 2008)
When told that Mr. Ford said he intended his speech as a compliment to the Asian community, Mr. Miller replied: "I don't think bigoted and racist comments can be meant as a compliment. I didn't know he'd said that. But I'm quite shocked that that would be the explanation." (National Post, Friday, March 07, 2008)
I am a Canadian citizen residing at Ward 39 Scarborough Agincourt, an immigrant landed here five years ago from China. I have my parents, brothers, many relatives, many classmates and too many friends in Hongkong, mainland China and Taiwan. Are they what you called "Oriental people"? They work very hard, but are they "like dogs"?
Councillor Miller Blasts Ford, what did you mean by "Oriental people"?
When you were using words like "Oriental people", you could not pretend your English was even worse than us ESL immigrants.
Councillor Miller Blasts Ford, you have been to Hongkong and you know how rude and offensive it is to call a person a "dog" there. What did you mean by saying "Those Oriental people work like dogs"?
Councillor Miller Blasts Ford, please tell me what you really wanted to express by saying "Oriental people, they're slowly taking over". Tell me what those "Oriental people" are taking over, and from whom!
Councillor Miller Blasts Ford, how could you say with your eyes open that your speech was a compliment to the Asian community? Now I am telling you, Councillor Miller Blasts Ford, that your speech is not a compliment to our community at all, on the contrary, it is a serious offense from an uneducated person!
Councillor Miller Blasts Ford, in your dictionary I cannot find the word "respect" when you used words like "Oriental people" and referred them to as "dogs";
In your dictionary I cannot find the word "honesty" when you pretended your speech as a compliment to the Asian community;
In your dictionary I cannot find the word "equality" when you said "Oriental people" were slowly taking over!
What I do find from your words is a racist, a person lack of necessary education, a person who is unable to control and conceal his anxiety, disappointment and anger!
I cannot believe such a person could be elected sitting in the city hall representing our city of Toronto!
Councillor Miller Blasts Ford, you owe us an apology, publicly!
Councillor Miller Blasts Ford, you need to say sorry on the council floor!
Councillor Miller Blasts Ford, you are no longer suitable for the seat of city councillor! Please do not stay on the seat any longer!
Mr. Miller Blasts Ford, before showing up again, please do your homework and find out what "respect", "honesty" and "equity" mean and how to practice them! Also please learn how to control and conceal your anxiety, disappointment and anger!
Sincerely Yours
Johnny Yang
Taxpayer, Canadian citizen,
Toronto更多精彩文章及讨论，请光临枫下论坛 rolia.net