American Congress Chinese Congressman Meng Zhaowen proposes to urge all American schools to teach Asian-Pacific American history

　　Chinanews.com, May 6th. According to the US "Overseas News" report, US conference member Meng Zhaowen announced on May 4, local time that she reintroduced legislation to promote the teaching of Asian-Pacific descent history in American schools to help combat paranoia against Asian-Pacific descents. And hatred.

She proposed the "Asia-Pacific American History Teaching Method" to deepen the understanding of the history, contribution and experience of Asian-Pacific Americans in order to help eliminate discrimination and prejudice against the Asian-Pacific American community.

The content includes important achievements and contributions of Asian-Pacific Americans to the United States, as well as long-term racism against Asian-Pacific Americans.

　　Meng Zhaowen said that for several generations, the history of Asian-Pacific descent has been very small in the K-12 education system and social studies textbooks, or has been directly excluded, but now is the time to change this in response to the current COVID-19 crisis. Anti-Asian-American hate crimes have increased due to the epidemic.

She said that the history of Asian-Pacific Americans is an integral part of American history, and this must be reflected in the children's textbooks. Asian-Pacific Americans have always been regarded as invisible or foreigners.

These prejudices against Asian-Pacific Americans must be addressed at their roots, which will help break stereotypes and negative perceptions.

　　The "Asia-Pacific American History Teaching Act" will require the President and Congress to provide funding to include Asian-Pacific American history as part of the American History Teaching Program for students.

The legislation also encourages the inclusion of the history of Asian-Pacific Americans in national and state examinations, and promotes cooperation with the Asian-Pacific American Center of the Smithsonian Institution to develop innovative programs related to the history of Asian-Pacific Americans.

The bill has yet to be considered by the House Education and Labor Committee.