I oppose the sub categories under Asian Americans - it is UNCONSTITUTIONAL and racially discriminatory, and I refuse to disclose any information relating to my original ethnic background. I urge you to remove this section and label it Asian American as you do to the other racial categories.
我直接寫在選項下麵: prefer not to provide racial information。further division of asians is unnecessary and unconstitutional, unless the rationales of such division are clearly provided.
In all your official forms, I urge the Bureau to STOP using the race category regarding the Asian-country origin. It is UNCONSTITUTIONAL. Please remove Chinese, Vietnamese, Japanese, and other sub-Asian check boxes, and replace them with a generic Asian/Asian American checkbox, to ENSURE that Asian Americans are treated equally as other races.
這個是我提交的：
I urge the Bureau to change the format of the race question by removing Chinese, Vietnamese, Japanese, and other sub-Asian check boxes, and replacing them with a generic Asian/Asian American checkbox. This is the least you can do to ensure that Asian Americans are treated equally as white and black Americans.
It is really concerning as the Bureau is sub-categorizing such a small group into so many sub sections. What is the purpose? I don't understand why would the Asian community be the target of separation. Because, we are the "model minority"? So are we being punished for being law abiding citizens that seldom complaints or protest? Are we the new Jews?
What would the Bureau use with such detail data? Is that being used to work against my children? They were born and raised in the United States of America. They were purely 100% made in America. Currently, the Asian decent children are being punished when they apply for higher education admission because of the color of their skin. Being Asian decent is not a sin. To further divide a already small community really worried our community.
We are not asking for special treatment. We are asking to be treated fairly.
看到人口種族問卷上方“Race asked since 1790”，去查了一下人口普查的人種分類曆史。1790時隻有“自由白人、奴隸、其他自由人”。1820-1850將“有色人種自由人”加在奴隸一類中。“華人”自1860起單獨出現，以後又陸續加入日、菲、印、韓、越人等。其它各種變動不一一例舉。目前的分類用語是自2010年以來的，對亞裔是2000年以來的。
我的申訴：
In all your official forms, I urge the Bureau to STOP use the race question regarding the countries origin. It is UNCONSTITUTIONAL. Please remove Chinese, Vietnamese, Japanese, and other sub-Asian check boxes, and replace them with a generic Asian/Asian American checkbox, to ENSURE that Asian Americans are treated equally as other races.
美國華裔聯盟提供的英文留言是：
“I urge the Bureau to change the format of the race question by removing Chinese, Vietnamese, Japanese, and other sub-Asian checkboxes, and replacing them with a generic Asian/Asian American checkbox. This is the least you can do to ensure that Asian Americans are treated equally as white and black Americans.”
