China News Service, May 24, according to the "British Times" WeChat public account "British Eye", since the outbreak of the New Coronary Pneumonia epidemic in the West, racist speeches and behaviors against Chinese and even Asians have been increasing. The virus does not distinguish between races and the epidemic has no borders. The British Beijing Federation, the British-Chinese Lawyers Association, the Southern California Chinese Societies Association, and the British Golden Silk General Union will jointly hold a lecture on "How to Cope with Racial Discrimination in Outbreaks" The president of the association, Dr. Zhu Xiaojiu, MBE, and the local MP of the British Surrey Wang Xingang, tell you how to use legal weapons and say no to racial discrimination!

Racial discrimination from a legal perspective

　　As the first speaker of the lecture, Mr. Zhu Xiaojiu first clarified the concept and extension of racial discrimination for the audience from a legal perspective.

　　Racial discrimination is a type of hate crime (Hate Crime), which refers to a person's attitude of disdain, hate and rejection towards others.

　　Examples of racial discrimination are roughly reflected in the following aspects:

　　Use defamatory language to attack race, ethnicity, nationality and religious beliefs

　　This attack is continuous

　　Violent behavior

　　Abuse, insult, defilement

　　Hate, the area where the discrimination happened is related to some kind of hate organization

　　Hate, discrimination incidents are associated with specific religious festivals and ethnic activities

　　Zhu Xiaojiu pointed out that the current discrimination crimes against Chinese and Asians are caused by the new crown virus. As long as the new crown virus affects human life and work for one day, discrimination against Chinese will continue for another day.

　　In the UK, hate crimes have gradually increased over the past five years. In England alone, there were 103,000 reported hate crimes in 2018-2019, of which about 80% were racial discrimination.

　　In the first three months of the COVID-19 crisis in 2020, the United Kingdom had a record of 267 Chinese crimes, compared with 360 and 375 in 2018 and 2019, respectively.

　　However, Zhu Xiaojiu pointed out that unlike the new coronavirus, racial discrimination is an "old disease" of human society, and international legal sanctions are quite perfect.

　　For example, the United Nations ’International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, the European Union ’s European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, the United Kingdom ’s Public Security Act and the Criminal Offences and Disruption of Public Security Act, and Germany ’s General Equal Treatment Act , Australia ’s Anti-Race Discrimination Act, etc.

　　In addition, many countries, including the United Kingdom, Germany, and the United States, encourage victims of racial discrimination to report to the police and contact the local embassy in a timely manner.

　　Therefore, she reminded overseas Chinese and overseas Chinese all over the world that they should call the police in time when they encounter racial discrimination and use the legal weapons of their country to say no to racial discrimination.

　　This not only protects oneself, but also fulfills the social responsibilities of the citizens of the country. This is because the number of cases is an important statistic. Only when the statistic is significant will the government and the local society pay attention to it and make corresponding protection responses. .

　　In addition, Mr. Zhu Xiaojiu also encouraged overseas Chinese to make an example and positive influence for the local society, such as distributing masks and protective materials to nursing homes and nursing homes.

　　These actions have helped to reduce the occurrence of racial discrimination cases.

How to report racial discrimination, hate crimes in the UK

　　After understanding the nature of racial discrimination violations, how should overseas Chinese deal with racial discrimination and hate crimes?

　　Another speaker, Wang Xingang, a local MP in Surrey, UK, took the UK as an example to share the specific method of reporting racial discrimination and hate crimes for the audience.

　　Wang Xingang said that the mainstream British society adopts a zero-tolerance attitude towards racial discrimination.

　　In the UK, there are five main ways to report racial discrimination and hate crimes, the most important of which is to ask the police for help, including calling the police on 999/101 or logging on to www.gov.uk/report-hate-crime for online reporting.

　　Chinese people in the London area can directly contact the Chinese Police of London Police and the Association of Southeast Asian Employees by sending an email to Chinese.SEAsian-HR@met.police.uk.

　　If Chinese children encounter racial discrimination in the school, parents can report to the school principal and school manager.

　　If the Chinese encounter racial discrimination in the office, they can report to the manager and the personnel department.

　　In addition to the above channels, victims of racial discrimination can also seek help from charities, such as www.stophateuk.org and www.crimestoppers-uk.org.

　　As a local MP of Surrey, Wang Xingang pointed out that racial discrimination is not only a criminal act, but also a political issue, and is deeply concerned by local MPs and members of Congress.

　　People in Britain and China can contact local councillors or members of parliament in a timely manner through the following two websites, causing the government to attach importance to such cases.

　　www.gov.uk/find-your-local-councillors

　　www.parliament.uk/get-involved/contact-vour-mp/

　　Wang Xingang also used his own experience during the epidemic as an example to explain the entire process of reporting racial discrimination and hate crimes.

　　He reminded the audience that when they are racially discriminated against in the UK, they can contact the charity www.stophateuk.org and they can arrange Mandarin services in advance according to their needs.

　　If necessary, you can also seek psychological counseling through your GP, your family doctor.

How Chinese integrate into mainstream British society

　　Any kind of discriminatory behavior stems from prejudice between groups / individuals. Therefore, for Chinese, integration into the mainstream society of their country can help locals better understand the Chinese group and reduce prejudice and discrimination.

　　During the lecture, Mr. Wang Xingang also actively recruited Chinese listeners into the mainstream British society.

　　The first is to participate in the selection of the British Empire Medal. Anyone can be nominated for the British Empire Medal, including CBE (Commander's Medal), OBE (Official Zuo Medal), MBE (Member Zuo Medal), and more than a thousand people are sealed each year, and the ratio of minorities is nearly 10%.

　　In addition, Chinese people in the UK can apply to become referees (judges of the peace), local councillors, or school managers by volunteering to participate in the management of mainstream society.

　　Of course, for every Chinese in the UK, exercising their right to vote on the day of the election, and actively communicating with local MPs, MPs, charities, and family doctors when encountering racial discrimination and hate crimes are all ways to participate in mainstream society.

　　During the lecture, Ms. Zhang Sujiu, daughter of the famous patriotic general General Zhang Zhizhong and leader of the famous patriotic overseas Chinese, introduced the current epidemic situation in the United States.

　　Ms. Zhang Sujiu called on Chinese people all over the world to be calm and report to the police when they encounter racial discrimination; at the same time, they should actively publicize China ’s efforts to fight against epidemic disease, work together to safeguard the rights and dignity of overseas Chinese in various countries around the world, and jointly build the health of humanity community.