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实践已经证明，请愿书是相当有用的。已经在政界造成巨大影响！人民需要你的参与！
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Martin Luther King, Jr.
“I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.“
My dear friends,
In my humble opinion, 1/30/2014 marked the darkest day in California’s recent history of politics. On this day, the California Senate overwhelmingly (27:9) approved SCA-5 (http://legiscan.com/CA/bill/SCA5/2013), which would repeal provisions of Prop 209 and allow the State of California to discriminate an individual or group on the basis of race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin.
In the 18 years that Prop 209 has been in effect, California has become the most diversified and prosperous state in the US. Since then, comprehensive measures have been introduced to help students from disadvantaged families to obtain high
education, which have my full support. Currently, Asian-Americans often need test scores hundreds of points higher than applicants from other ethnic group to have an equal chance of admission. Now SCA-5 seeks to roll back the clock to unfairly punish Asian-Americans simply based on race. The 14th Amendment of the US Constitution clearly states that no state shall deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. The SCA-5 is wrong and against the US Constitution.
As a beneficiary of the Prop 209, in just a few years of career life, I have directed works that brought tens of millions of dollars of revenues into California, helped to create/maintain hundreds of jobs benefiting all ethnical groups, with a lot more down the road. However, some day, my children might tell me: “Dad, I lost the opportunity simply because of the color of my skin.” Not to
mention that a student from a disadvantaged Asian-American family could lose nearly all opportunities to pursue any "American Dream".
Currently, the bill is at the California Assembly. I hereby urge you to call your representative at the Assembly (http://assembly.ca.gov/assemblymembers) to vote no on SCA-5. I will also deeply
appreciate if you could help spreading the words.
Thanks and best regards,
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组织起来反对种族歧视！
华人欢庆新年之际，SCA-5 号提案却给欢乐中的亚裔们浇了一盆冷水：此提案已在1/30/2014 在加州参议院 （State Senate）以 27:9 的绝对多数通过。(http://legiscan.com/CA/bill/SCA5/2013) 下一步即将提交到州众议院投票。此提案如果在州众议会（State Assembly）获得通过，将於今年11月公投。此法案要删除现有的州宪法中的209号提案（Prop 209)的部分条款，要恢复在加州公立校园中实行以种族等为标准划界的入学措施。现在加州公立大学的招生中，已经有各种鼓励贫穷弱势的家庭的方法。通常，亚裔学生必须要获得比其他族裔高很多的学术成绩，才能获得相近的入学可能。尽管如此，目前加大（UC）各校亚裔学生比例，仍远超过加州亚裔人口比例。一旦公投通过，亚裔入学人数势必受到基于种族的不公正排挤。各级亚裔民意代表与民权团体，应尽速表明反对立场，勿使亚裔子弟成为种族歧视的牺牲品。
美国宪法第14修正案明确规定，任何州都不可以立法拒绝对所有公民的平等保护。SCA-5 是错误并违反美国宪法的，是一个赤裸裸的种族歧视的法案。
加州於1996年通过209提案，成为全美第一个州禁止公立大学以种族决定入学，政府也不可以种族为聘用标准。此后，加州发展成为美国最为种族多样化的州。亚裔为加州和美国的发展做出了至关重要的贡献，为加州带来数以亿万计的收入，给加州的各族裔带来了数以百千万计的工作机会。但是，尽管我们做出了巨大贡献，SCA-5 仍然将使我们的后代面临仅仅因为肤色而失去机会的危险。受伤最深的，将是贫寒的亚裔家庭，几乎所有的“美国梦”都将对他们关闭，仅仅因为他们的肤色。
目前，加州众议院的80席中，有55席民主党，25席共和党。对这个法案的支持，党派分明：民主党同意而共和党反对。通过这个法案，需要54票。我们只需要保证 2 个以上民主党议员勇敢地站出来，投票反对，我们就可以让法案胎死腹中。
**现在我们可以做的是写信给代表我们选区的加州众议员，去他们的网站给他们写 Email，请他们反对 SCA-5
http://findyourrep.legislature.ca.gov/; http://assembly.ca.gov/assemblymembers
以下是我们的重点盯住的民主党议员。如有在选区内的，务必打电话，或去办公室造访！
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第49区（Monterey Park ， Arcadia附近地区） Ed Chau （周本立）
1255 Corporate Center Drive, Suite 306, Monterery Park, CA 91754;
(323) 264-4949 http://asmdc.org/members/a49/
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第28区（Cupertino附近地区） Paul Fong（方文忠）
2105 South Bascom Avenue, Suite 160, Campbell, CA 95008;
(408) 371-2802 http://www.asmdc.org/members/a28/
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第24区（Los Altos附近地区） Rich Gordon
5050 El Camino Real, Suite 117, Los Altos, CA 94022;
(650) 691-2121 http://www.asmdc.org/members/a24/
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第16区（San Ramon附近地区） Joan Buchanan
2694 Bishop Dr., Suite 275, San Ramon, CA 94583;
(925) 328-1515 http://www.asmdc.org/members/a16/
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第22区（San Mateo附近地区） Kevin Mullin
1528 South El Camino Real, Suite 302, San Mateo, CA 94022;
(650) 349-2200
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第4区（Woodland附近地区） Mariko Yamada
725 Main Street, Suite 206, Woodland, CA 95695;
(530) 662-7867 http://www.asmdc.org/members/a04/?
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