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　　Recently, protests or support activities against discrimination against Asians have been continuously held across the United States.

In West Chester, Cincinnati, Ohio, an emotional scene appeared at a recent town meeting.

　　"People question me just because I don't seem to be'American' enough"

　　Lee Wong, a 69-year-old member of the Asian Township Council, condemned the racial discrimination suffered by Asian groups based on personal experience.

Speaking of emotions, he stood up and lifted his shirt, revealing the scars left on his chest during the US military service, and questioned: "This is my evidence. Is this patriotic enough?"

　　Li Huang made such a move because of his emotions, but the important reason behind it is that Asians are always "foreigners" in the racist environment in the United States.

　　Lee Huang came to the United States from Borneo at the age of 18.

In the 1970s, in Chicago, several people beat him just because he was Asian.

He took the perpetrators to court, but they were not punished.

　　Later, Li Huang signed up to join the army and served in the U.S. Army for 20 years.

However, having fought and been injured for the United States does not prevent him from suffering racial discrimination in the United States.

　　"People question whether I am patriotic just because I don't look'American' enough. Some people just use my Asian face to make judgments. I want to show you this..."

　　As Li Huang was talking, there was the dramatic scene mentioned above.

　　Why do victims try to prove themselves "enough for America"?

　　In the United States, Asians who have participated in the military, fought for the United States, and made meritorious services, can they be treated equally?

　　The facts are regrettable.

　　Why do you say that?

　　Let's talk about it first.

The perpetrators of racism are the wrong party.

The perpetrator should correct the wrong behavior, not the victim to prove "enough for the United States and enough for the country."

　　Therefore, Asians are trying to prove that they are "American enough" in the hope of getting rid of racial discrimination. This is putting the cart before the horse.

　　Last year, Yang Anze, the former Democratic presidential candidate of the United States, called for "Asian Asians to show patriotism" during the epidemic.

However, Japanese Americans who have experienced the tragedy of "self-certified loyalty" expressed opposition to this.

　　The irony of self-proving "loyalty"

　　The opposition of Japanese-Americans has other secrets.

　　After the Japanese navy attacked the US Navy’s Pearl Harbor base, about 120,000 Japanese on the west coast of the United States were forcibly transferred to internment camps in so-called “clustered areas,” most of whom were already American citizens.

　　According to a report in the Los Angeles Times in March of this year, in March 1943, because the United States needed more soldiers, the recruitment of Japanese-Americans was opened, but Japanese-Americans in detention camps had to undergo a “loyalty survey”. ".

　　In the questionnaire at that time, the two issues were highly controversial.

　　Question 27: Are you willing to join the U.S. military and perform tasks wherever you are dispatched?

　　Question 28: Do you vowed to unconditionally loyal to the United States, loyally defend the United States from any attacks from home and abroad, and renounce any form of allegiance to the Emperor of Japan or other foreign governments and organizations?

　　After the war, some Japanese Americans would not drive Japanese cars but only American cars for life, fearing that even the slightest "disloyal" behavior would be questioned for not loving the United States.

　　So, in the United States today, have Japanese Americans avoided being racially discriminated against?

　　The answer is of course no.

　　Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Thai, Vietnamese and other Asians suffer racial discrimination in the United States, not because they did something wrong, but simply because they are Asian.

　　Written by Wang Kunpeng