This time, Edison Chen and Daniel Wu spoke up, and the reason for the collective silence of domestic stars was found.

Recently, a series of violent incidents against “Asians” have occurred in the United States

On March 16, three shooting incidents occurred in Georgia, USA, resulting in 8 deaths. Six of them are Asian women and two are Chinese.

On March 17, a 75-year-old Chinese couple was attacked by a white man in San Francisco. The old woman fought back angrily and injured the man with a wooden stick.

On March 20, a 28-year-old Asian single mother was shot and killed in California. The victim’s family said the murderer’s motive was racism.

On the same day, a Chinese girl was peed on while riding the New York subway.

On March 23, a clothing store in Texas, USA, was robbed by criminals. An Asian female shop owner stepped forward to stop her and was beaten. The assailant first verbally abused her and then started fighting. The shop owner's nose bone was broken and his son's face was scratched.

On April 3, an Asian woman was stabbed to death while walking her dog in California, USA. The suspect was a 23-year-old white woman.

According to statistics, since 2020, the "Stop Asian American Hate" organization has received 3,795 complaints, of which 68 complaints were verbal harassment and 11 complaints involved personal attacks. Anti-Asian sentiment in the United States has reached its highest level in years.

If you are in the United States, you will realize how serious the discrimination crisis faced by Asians today is.

However, the strange thing is that the "persecution of Asians" incident has caused a lot of noise abroad, but there is no big movement at home. There is no hot search for it on online forums, and there are few domestic celebrities. spoke out on this matter.

You must know that last month’s “Xinjiang Cotton” incident outraged the entire public. On March 25, dozens of celebrities announced at the same time that they had terminated their contracts with the brands involved, which is known in history as “Mainland Termination Day.” ".

Why were the more shocking incidents of “Asian victimization” treated coldly?

1. The particularity of Asians

We must first understand what "Asians" are.

In one sentence - "Asians" are American citizens with Asian ancestry.

Yes, even though Asians look a lot like us, from a nationality perspective, they are Americans.

When they become American citizens, they will read the following oath:

After reading this oath, you will understand why the issue of celebrities’ nationality is so sensitive.

In the eyes of a considerable number of people in China, choosing American citizenship means that Chinese Americans have an American heart. To use a lyric, it should be sung like this: "Although the yellow skin grows on my body, my heart will always be American Heart."

So objectively speaking, the issue of nationality makes us "opposed" at certain moments and on certain occasions.

From a legal perspective, the "persecution of Asians" is essentially a group of Americans persecuting another group of Americans. This is an internal matter of the United States, and we should not control it, and it is not easy for us to control it.

Even if the spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was asked this question, it only extended to the long-standing and comprehensive racial discrimination in the United States. At most, from a human perspective, he hopes that the United States will fulfill its commitments and combat hateful behaviors. Give peace to ethnic minorities.

Our attitude can only be limited to "verbal accusations and expectations". If it rises to "action", then this matter may change.

2. "Insufficient unity" among Asians

Even in the "Asian persecution" incident, we have seen many protests from media reports, but between these behaviors and Under the surface of the voice, Asians are still a complex group. They are not united internally and have many entangled emotions.

You must know that Asians are by no means alone. Asians account for 5.4% of the population of the United States, close to 18 million people. Together, these people can become as powerful a force in the United States as the Irish. However, East Asians People are naturally disunited, and Asians from China, Japan, and South Korea can't stand each other, so before Laos and the United States can engage in Asian affairs, they are divided internally.

Chinese Americans among Asians have been isolated in this way, but Chinese Americans account for 1% of the population of the United States, and the total number exceeds 3 million. If they are united, they are still a force that cannot be underestimated.

However, Chinese Americans are divided into Mainland Chinese and non-Mainland Chinese. After Obama came to power, he distinguished the two. Non-Mainland Chinese enjoy far more benefits than Mainland Chinese. The Chinese value "no suffering from Being few and suffering from inequality", the Chinese influence was disintegrated again.

Therefore, although the size of the Asian community living in the United States is not small, it is not united as a whole. What impressed us most is that Korean Americans spontaneously and bravely "challenged", but this challenge is also small-scale and relatively independent. Although it showed the determination of Korean Americans to fight, it did not create a big climate.

This is why in this incident, when many Asian celebrities in the cultural and sports circles stood up and spoke out for the first time, they received praise from many people. In the situation where the Asian community is "fragmented", it is really necessary to Such leaders stand up to rally people and boost morale.

The most powerful among them is the "Asian Destroyer" Pacquiao. He is considered a national treasure athlete of the Philippines. He posted domineeringly on Twitter: "Fight me if you have the guts."

Chinese movie star Daniel Wu also took to the streets and gave an emotional speech to cheer up the difficult situation of Asians in the United States.

Edison Chen also used a picture to express his attitude: "Stop discriminating against Asians!"

Jeremy Lin also posted a long article on Twitter to accuse Asians unfair treatment.

Under the influence of Asian celebrities, many foreign local stars have also come forward.

Famous singer Rihanna participated in the demonstration, walking and dancing with homemade signs to speak out for Asians.

Justin Bieber, the little king, also wrote for Asians. When the situation in Wuhan was serious last year, he immediately donated money and recorded a video to cheer for Wuhan.

In order to support Asians, NBA star Curry took the initiative to contact the Bruce Lee Foundation to launch a customized sneaker. He will use the proceeds from the auction to support the Asian families who were victims of the Atlanta shooting.

In one game, Lillard on the bench directly wore a T-shirt that read "Against Discrimination against Asians."

It is difficult to say whether these measures will bring about qualitative changes. Centuries of discrimination against the black race have proven that the proud white Americans will not change easily, but the tough resistance of Asians At least it will make American society and the government face up to this problem. Human nature is bottomless, but improvements may be made from the institutional level.

No matter where this incident goes in the future, the road to equal rights for Asians can be described as "a long and long road."

3. The ambivalence we face with Chinese Americans

Chinese people have always attached great importance to the word love. Although Chinese Americans have become American citizens, they have the same roots as us. They are also Yanhuang part of descendants.

And even in a foreign land, they are using their own way to win glory for the Chinese nation.

For example, Li Zhengdao and Ting Zhaozhong won the Nobel Prize;

Jeremy Lin played "Linsanity" in the NBA;

Locke became the governor of Washington State ;

James Wan has made "Saw" and "Aquaman";

Daniel Wu has made many excellent movies and is an ageless hero among mainland movie fans.

So from them, we can see that Chinese Americans are closely related to us. At the same time, Americans’ discrimination against Chinese Americans is essentially hostility to China. Chinese Americans stand on the front line to fight. It is worthy of our respect.

But on the other hand, among Chinese Americans, there is also a large proportion of people who are "refined egoists."

On the one hand, they enjoy certain benefits brought by "American citizens", live in a big house with a swimming pool, and breathe the sweet air of Western countries; on the other hand, they also try to use their status as "descendants of Yan and Huang" Excusing sympathy has no benefit except to show Americans a little bit of their national bad character.

The picture below can directly illustrate the problem. Some Chinese demonstrators wrote in the slogan: "I am fragile, don't attack me."

This is the most uncomfortable thing about this group of people. They fight internally and fight externally. They treat China like a master and strike hard; they are servile and servile to the American master. , submissive.

Did you see it?

If we want to sympathize with or help the Chinese community, we must identify the Chinese from the Asian group, and then eliminate those who are hostile to China from the Chinese group. This process is cumbersome and complicated.

While we sympathize with them, we must also constantly ask: Are these people we sympathize with friends or enemies? Is there a traitor inside? If it can't help them, will the sympathy become cheap? In the end, we were ridiculed by others. Could it be that the clown is ourselves?

After rounds of self-psychological confrontation, this rising sympathy was gradually worn away.

In fact, an event can often give us two contradictory emotions.

For example, in the 911 incident, we expressed our deep condolences to the American people who were victims; but to the American government that was retaliated against for its hegemony, we said that it was a self-inflicted crime.

The same is true for the "Asian persecution" incident.

For the victims in specific incidents, whether they are Chinese or Asian, they are ordinary unarmed passers-by. Of course, we must show great sympathy. This sentiment is very firm.

But regarding the social phenomenon of Asians being excluded and causing violence, our emotions have become conflicting.

The United States has interfered in China's internal affairs many times. As a result, China is not in chaos now, but the United States is.

However, among Asians there are also Chinese who have the same roots as us. Many of them are benevolent people who have helped the motherland when it was in difficulty. We cannot sit idly by and ignore them;

However, there are also Chinese-Americans who are full of anti-Chinese elements who are afraid that China will not be in chaos. They eat the United States and eat China. , helped them, but they ridiculed him as "a stupid person with too much money".

Under the tangle of multiple emotions, you will find that staying silent may be the best solution.

Finally, I sincerely hope that there will be fewer and fewer violent incidents in this world. This has nothing to do with politics, race, or position. This is the most basic emotional expression of an ordinary human being.

Other matters besides this can be solved in eight words: none of my business, none of your business!

Text/Pippi Film Editorial Department: A Chicken

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