U.S. media: Chinese-American women are verbally abused while shopping, and Chinese-American lawmakers in Illinois launched a joint signing of solidarity

Source: China Overseas Chinese Network

According to the US "World Journal", a Chinese woman living in Springfield, the capital of Illinois, was insulted by a white female customer at a local Lowe's store on the anniversary of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. On the anniversary of the "Get back to your country", which caused many echoes after reporting. Ma Jingyi, a member of the Chinese state of Iraq, launched a petition on the 18th, demanding that the store apologize and promise to strengthen the training of employees on ethnically sensitive issues.

After learning of this, Ma Jingyi said that on the 17th anniversary of civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. King, he delivered a speech "I have a dream" in 1963, but after nearly 60 years, this kind of thing still happened, which is very sad.

Ma Jingyi launched a petition on the petition website on the 18th, asking Lowe's to issue an apology statement to the Chinese woman, and also asked the company to improve staff training on sensitive issues such as ethnicity.

The Chinese woman and friends also launched a "letter to Lowe's CEO To express his feelings", hoping that one person, one letter, asking the company's CEO to clearly state zero tolerance for ethnic discrimination, and at the same time asking the company to strengthen the training of employees on ethnic issues and apologize to the Chinese woman.

The Chinese woman said that she went to the store on the 17th to buy braziers, there were only two left, and because she took it down, because of the weight, she called her father to help carry the shopping cart and then go to the checkout. At this time, a white mother and daughter came over, and the mother said to the Chinese woman, "You want both?" Did you check out? The Chinese woman replied that she wanted to buy both, but was waiting for her family to help carry it, so she had not paid the money, at which point the white woman said, "You don't count yours before you settle the bill, I'll take one." ”

The Chinese woman politely gave one of the braziers to the woman, but instead of thanking her, she told her, "You must know that this is the law of the United States, otherwise you will go back to your country." ”

The white woman's racist remarks were justified, so the Chinese woman demanded an apology on the spot, but was refused, and then she followed the white mother and daughter to the checkout desk and explained the situation with another white male employee present, thinking that she could get solidarity, but she was disappointed.

The male employee constantly told the Chinese woman that she must delete the mobile phone video immediately, and mentioned that "the video behavior has threatened his safety and the whole store", although the Chinese woman repeatedly said that she had the right to video protect herself and hoped that the store could help call the police, but the employee still insisted that the Chinese woman delete the film, obviously ignoring the discriminatory remarks of white women.

The Chinese woman said that two other store employees later came forward to coordinate, because she was weak, she left the store, and after returning home, she decided to publicize the process, hoping to arouse the attention of all Asians, "Racial discrimination is everywhere, whether it is a big city or a small town, only by speaking out bravely can we protect ourselves, our families and the next generation." (Huang Huiling)