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华州历史上第一个，参议院决议案 – 谴责历代华人经历的暴力和歧视，并承认华人对华州的贡献
经过我们一年多的努力，由共和党参议员Steve O’Ban 提出的，正视华人历史的决议案SR 8684 – Honoring Chinese Americans . （https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary?BillNumber=8684&Year=2019&Initiative=false ）将于2月18日上午9点在参议院floor 讨论并表决。该决议案历数华人在华盛顿州经受的不平等待遇，并承认华人对华盛顿州做出的贡献。如无意外，该决议案应该会获得全数通过。敬请大家2月18日到场见证这个历史时刻。报名请拷贝以下链接到微信以外再打开填写，最近三周内去过中国或周边感染区的请自我隔离，不要参加，谢谢! https://forms.gle/xD1sCkwXTVXt6dwC9
在华州展开华人历史的宣传不但是为了让我们的后代们了解历史上华人的付出和贡献，也是为了对抗长期以来由于知识空白而造成的主流社会对华人的偏见甚至歧视。很多参议院议员和他们的助手都很感谢我们的努力。他们说在起草或是读到这个决议案之前，他们完全不知道华人在华州历史上的贡献。也不知道华人因排华法案受到的不公平待遇。
下面是这个参议院决议案的中英文。感谢武杨的翻译.
参议院决议 SR 8684 – Honoring Chinese Americans
华盛顿州参议员Steve O’Ban
鉴于，来自很多州的1万5千名华工完成了西雅图(Seattle )至纽卡斯尔(Newcastle )的铁路建设，从而帮助将西雅图与横贯大陆的铁路系统连接起来。和
鉴于，1882年臭名昭著的华人排斥法案成为美国对移民的第一个主要限制措施，这导致了华盛顿州内对华裔美国居民的不满。
鉴于，1885年11月3日在塔科马(Tacoma)，暴民迫使200多名华裔居民从他们的商店和房屋中离开，在极端恶劣的条件下被迫步行去一列等待去波特兰的的火车。
鉴于，第二天，塔科马(Tacoma)的一些居民在市中心肆虐了华商企业，并烧毁了商店和沿江边的华人聚居地。
鉴于，1886年2月6日至9日，在西雅图发生了一场纠纷。当时的暴民将几乎每个华人从西雅图市驱逐出境，并将他们放到在海滨等待的蒸汽船上。
鉴于，此暴徒在塔科马(Tacoma)和西雅图的不可原谅的举动导致一名华裔居民死亡。
鉴于，在林肯总统发表葛底斯堡演说二十二年后，“我们的国父们在自由大陆上孕育了一个新国家，在这个大陆上诞生了一个新国家，致力于实现所有人平等的主张。”暴民们完全忘记了林肯演讲里的主张，对驱逐华裔移民所采取的不当行为视而不见。
鉴于，尽管经历了数十年令人无法接受的种族主义和暴力，但华裔美国人还是报名参加为美国而战。
鉴于，直到第二次世界大战才取消了对移民的限制。一旦解除，华裔美国人的状况发生了巨大变化。在二十世纪五，六十年代，更多的华人进入了传统上对他们封闭的领域。这些包括医学，工程，公司业务，甚至政治。
鉴于，1962年，一名叫陆荣昌（Wing Luke）的华裔美国人成为首位华裔美国城市议会议员，也是美国大陆上首位担任该职位的华裔美国人。
鉴于，自1979年以来，华裔美国人的数量增加了一倍以上。
鉴于，华裔美国人在华盛顿州扮演着至关重要的角色，他们是医生，护士，学生和教师，首席执行官和秘书，他们是我们的邻居，我们的朋友，最重要的他们也是华盛顿州人。
因此，华盛顿州参议院决定，谴责历史上几代华裔美国人所面对过的暴力和种族主义，并承认华裔美国人在华盛顿州中所发挥的重要作用。
WHEREAS, Fifteen-Thousand Chinese workers across several states completed the Seattle to Newcastle railroad, helping to connect Seattle to the rest of the Transcontinental railroad system; and
WHEREAS, The odious Chinese Exclusion act of 1882 became the first major restriction on immigration in the United States, leading to the resentment of Chinese American residents in Washington State.
WHEREAS, In Tacoma, on November Third, 1885 a mob forced over 200 Chinese residents from their shops and homes, only to be forced to walk in deplorable conditions to a train waiting to take the Chinese to Portland.
WHEREAS, The next day some of Tacoma’s citizens ravaged Chinese businesses downtown and burned shops and lodgings that formed the Chinese settlement along the waterfront.
WHEREAS, In Seattle, from February Sixth through the Ninth, 1886 a dispute arose when a mob was formed to carry out a forcible expulsion of nearly every Chinese person from the city of Seattle and herded them to a waiting steamer on the waterfront.
WHEREAS, The inexcusable actions of this mob in Tacoma and Seattle led to the death of a Chinese resident.
WHEREAS, Twenty-two years after President Lincoln gave the Gettysburg Address “Our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.” These words were forgotten by the mob, blind to the wrongdoing of the actions that were taken by individuals to force out Chinese Immigrants.
WHEREAS, Even after the decades of unacceptable racism and violence, Chinese Americans wanted to sign up to fight for the United States.
WHEREAS, The immigration restrictions were not lifted until World War II. Once they were lifted, the demographic of Chinese Americans changed dramatically. In the nineteen fifties and sixties, more Chinese entered fields that had traditionally been closed to them. These included medicine, engineering, corporate business, and even politics.
WHEREAS, In 1962, a Chinese American named Wing Luke became the first Chinese American City Council Member, and the first Chinese American on the U.S. Mainland to hold such a post.
WHEREAS, The Population of Chinese Americans has more than doubled since 1979.
WHEREAS, Chinese Americans play a vital role in Washington State, they are doctors, nurses, students and teachers, CEO’s and secretaries, they are our neighbors, our friends and, most importantly, Washingtonians.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, That the Washington State Senate condemns the violence and racism that generations of Chinese Americans have faced and acknowledge the vital role that Chinese Americans play in the great State of Washington.
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