抗议针对华裔群体的种族主义公开信 OPEN LETTER CONDEMNING RACISM AGAINST THE CHINESE COMMUNITY
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日期：2021-02-23 21:50:25
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To Whom It May Concern：
In a critical time when everyone in the world including the London community is fighting against COVID-19 in solidarity, equity and support from each other become crucial to all of us.
As Chinese Canadians working in London, we are shocked, disappointed, and in fact feel discriminated by the recent Billboard outside the Ale House on Dundas Street in London, Ontario. The Billboard intentionally and repeatedly linked the coronavirus with China where the local Chinese community has cultural and ethnic roots, ignoring the World Health Organization (WHO)’s Guidelines on Naming New Human Infectious Diseases effective since May 8, 2015:
Terms that should be avoided in disease names include geographic locations (e.g. Middle East Respiratory Syndrome…), people’s names, species of animal or food (e.g. swine flu, bird flu), cultural, population, industry or occupational references, and terms that incite undue fear (e.g. unknown, fatal, epidemic).
Obviously, the term “China Virus” displayed and propagated by the heinous Billboard offends the internationally accepted and practiced norms established by the WHO, in addition to The Universal Declaration of Human Rights by the United Nations (1948), and The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms as part of Canada’s Constitution (1982).
We believe Canada is a country where multiculturalism is respected commonly, and diversity and inclusion are promoted and defended constitutionally. We are standing up together against racism in any form and condemning the racial discrimination publicized by the Billboard. We urge the owner of the Billboard to apologize to the Chinese and broader communities who are offended. Additionally, we will be closely following up on how this case is being investigated and processed.
Respectfully,
* UWO Chinese Professors Association
The Chinese Freemasons of London
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Chinese Canadian National Council London Chinese Culture Centre
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The Red Maple Journal
* London Professional Chinese Business Association
这是一个关键时刻——包括伦敦社群在内世界上所有人都在团结抗击新冠病毒，来自彼此的公平和支持变得至关重要！
作为在加拿大生活和工作的华裔，我们对安大略省伦敦市登打士街Ale House最近打出的广告牌感到震惊并深受其歧视。该广告牌故意并反复将新冠病毒与和本地华人族裔和文化渊源的中国相关联，无视世界卫生组织（WHO）自2015年5月8日起生效的《新型人类传染病命名最佳实践指南》：
在疾病名称中应当避免的术语包括地理方位（比如中东呼吸综合征、西班牙流感）、人名、动物或食物种群（猪流感、禽流感）、涉及到文化、人口、工业或职业和可煽动过度恐慌的术语（如不明、流行）。
显然，令人发指的广告牌展示和传播的“中国病毒”一词，不仅违反了世界卫生组织制定的国际公认和实践规范，还违反了联合国的《世界人权宣言》（1948年）和作为加拿大宪法组成部分的《加拿大人权宪章》（1982年）。
我们坚信加拿大是一个尊重多元文化的国家，而多元和融合受到法律的树立和保护。我们立场一致地反对任何形式的种族主义，谴责广告牌所宣扬的种族歧视。我们敦促广告牌的拥有者向遭受冒犯的华裔及更广大社群道歉。我们也密切关注此次种族歧视事件正在接受的调查和处理。
充满敬意的
* 西安大略大学华裔教授协会
加拿大中国洪门民治党伦敦分部
全加华人协进会伦敦分会
红枫林传媒
* 伦敦华人专业商业协会
In a critical time when everyone in the world including the London community is fighting against COVID-19 in solidarity, equity and support from each other become crucial to all of us.
As Chinese Canadians working in London, we are shocked, disappointed, and in fact feel discriminated by the recent Billboard outside the Ale House on Dundas Street in London, Ontario. The Billboard intentionally and repeatedly linked the coronavirus with China where the local Chinese community has cultural and ethnic roots, ignoring the World Health Organization (WHO)’s Guidelines on Naming New Human Infectious Diseases effective since May 8, 2015:
Terms that should be avoided in disease names include geographic locations (e.g. Middle East Respiratory Syndrome…), people’s names, species of animal or food (e.g. swine flu, bird flu), cultural, population, industry or occupational references, and terms that incite undue fear (e.g. unknown, fatal, epidemic).
Obviously, the term “China Virus” displayed and propagated by the heinous Billboard offends the internationally accepted and practiced norms established by the WHO, in addition to The Universal Declaration of Human Rights by the United Nations (1948), and The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms as part of Canada’s Constitution (1982).
We believe Canada is a country where multiculturalism is respected commonly, and diversity and inclusion are promoted and defended constitutionally. We are standing up together against racism in any form and condemning the racial discrimination publicized by the Billboard. We urge the owner of the Billboard to apologize to the Chinese and broader communities who are offended. Additionally, we will be closely following up on how this case is being investigated and processed.
Respectfully,
* UWO Chinese Professors Association
The Chinese Freemasons of LondonChinese Canadian National Council London Chinese Culture CentreThe Red Maple Journal* London Professional Chinese Business Association
抗议针对华裔群体的种族主义公开信
这是一个关键时刻——包括伦敦社群在内世界上所有人都在团结抗击新冠病毒，来自彼此的公平和支持变得至关重要！
作为在加拿大生活和工作的华裔，我们对安大略省伦敦市登打士街Ale House最近打出的广告牌感到震惊并深受其歧视。该广告牌故意并反复将新冠病毒与和本地华人族裔和文化渊源的中国相关联，无视世界卫生组织（WHO）自2015年5月8日起生效的《新型人类传染病命名最佳实践指南》：
在疾病名称中应当避免的术语包括地理方位（比如中东呼吸综合征、西班牙流感）、人名、动物或食物种群（猪流感、禽流感）、涉及到文化、人口、工业或职业和可煽动过度恐慌的术语（如不明、流行）。
显然，令人发指的广告牌展示和传播的“中国病毒”一词，不仅违反了世界卫生组织制定的国际公认和实践规范，还违反了联合国的《世界人权宣言》（1948年）和作为加拿大宪法组成部分的《加拿大人权宪章》（1982年）。
我们坚信加拿大是一个尊重多元文化的国家，而多元和融合受到法律的树立和保护。我们立场一致地反对任何形式的种族主义，谴责广告牌所宣扬的种族歧视。我们敦促广告牌的拥有者向遭受冒犯的华裔及更广大社群道歉。我们也密切关注此次种族歧视事件正在接受的调查和处理。
充满敬意的
* 西安大略大学华裔教授协会
加拿大中国洪门民治党伦敦分部全加华人协进会伦敦分会红枫林传媒* 伦敦华人专业商业协会
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