Recently, according to a number of foreign media reports, in a basketball game between two colleges and universities in the United States, a fan wearing a Wisconsin team uniform made a racist move against The Asian students of Northwestern University.
The male fan sits in a seat opposite the University of Wisconsin bench, next to the Northwestern University student area. The male fan stood up and raised his middle finger at the Northwestern student, and then he pulled his eyes with his hands and made a "squinting" motion.
Northwestern University student Kestan Lee shared the video footage on social media, with the caption, "I was so excited that I went to see Northwestern University basketball for the first time!" Then the man began to make racist gestures against me and the Asian audience sitting in the back row. ”
According to the report, this action has caused controversy. A staff member came forward to communicate with him. Subsequently, the man was taken away from the scene by police and staff. And the man actually made a "squinting" action again when he left.
"Oh! He's still doing that (gesture)! "The video can be heard from some fans. The video shows that when the man was taken away, there was a cheer at the scene.
After the relevant video was forwarded to the social platform, the two platforms accumulated more than 1 million views, and foreign netizens left messages condemning the man's behavior and suggesting that the University of Wisconsin team pull him into the blacklist.
On January 19, local time, the Wisconsin Badgers apologized under the relevant video, saying, "We are deeply disturbed by this behavior, which is abhorrent and disgusting." This person cannot represent Badgers fans, and we condemn any acts of racism and discrimination. We support Northwestern University's removal of this person from the field. This behavior is not tolerated in our tournaments. ”
In fact, deliberately forming "squinting eyes" and "hanging eye tip" expression effects such as pulling the corners of the eyes upwards is currently an internationally recognized discriminatory action against Chinese and even Asians, which is equal to insulting actions such as the vertical middle finger.
In June last year, a Serbian women's volleyball player made a gesture of pulling the corner of her opponents in a match against Thailand, and was punished by the FIVB with two suspensions and 20,000 Swiss francs (about 142,000 yuan).
Typical discriminatory actions against asian groups:
Source: The acquaintance tea house of the Dangren Monument
This stereotype of Asians is not desirable in itself. The formation of social concepts behind it often has complex historical reasons and practical factors.
It turns out that it's not just against the Asian-American community, there is systemic racism in the United States, and white supremacy ideas dominate the mainstream of society.
From 2016, when Chinese-American policeman Peter Liang became a scapegoat for the conflict between American police and African Americans, to 2018, when many African-Americans died innocently and tragically under the guns of American police. From 2020, when Freud, an African-American man, was crushed to death by white police kneeling, to the discrimination against Asian Americans since the outbreak of the new crown pneumonia epidemic... Old diseases are not cured, and new diseases are born again.
In the United States, implicit discrimination is deeply rooted in culture, traditions, rules, policies and laws. Even Biden acknowledges that systemic racism is a stain on America's soul. The idea of "white supremacy" has taken root in the country and has become a tacit "political correctness."
In April 2021, a large number of demonstrators held a large rally in New York with the theme of "Stop Hate Crimes, Fight Racial Discrimination, defend Asian-American rights" in New York
It is true that we have seen that there is no shortage of voices against racial discrimination in the political circles, academic circles, and civil society in the United States. In May 2021, U.S. President Joe Biden signed the Covid-19 Hate Crimes Act, a bill designed to combat crimes against Asian-American hatred in the context of COVID-19. That same year, the U.S. Congress said it was prepared to study slave reparations clauses in racial discrimination. However, such efforts are far from sufficient in comparison with the deep-seated racial discrimination in the United States, and they do not even really touch the root of the problem.
To this day, the pattern of governance that traumatizes racial discrimination continues in the United States. Minorities have always been at the bottom, and although they seem to have the right to vote and make their speeches, they do not solve practical problems. At any time, it could trigger more intense divisions and thus exacerbate already tense racial tensions.
Obviously, in order to completely remove the "cancer" of racial discrimination that is deeply rooted in the fabric of American society, the US Government's usual slogans and superficial articles are only scratching the itch of the boots, which is useless, and only by scraping the bones and curing the poison and promoting structural reform can it be possible to achieve true racial equality. More than 200 years ago, the founding fathers of the United States wrote "all men are created equal" as the basic principle of the founding of the United States and wrote it into the Declaration of Independence. However, when will the United States make "all men created equal" truly a reality?
Source: Central Committee of the Communist Youth League