近日，一名美國俄亥俄州的亞裔官員，在回應他作為亞裔美國人“不愛國”的質疑和歧視時，竟當場展示了他在美軍服役時的傷疤。
An elected official in Ohio, fed up with people questioning his patriotism because he's Asian American, bared his chest during a recent town meeting to reveal scars from injuries he suffered while in the US Army.
這名軍官名叫Lee Wong（黃利，音譯），今年69歲，他為美國軍隊效力了20年。他現在在俄亥俄州擔任議員，還是西切斯特鎮的董事 。
“人們質疑我不愛國，説我看起來不夠‘美國’，因為我的（亞裔）長相而耿耿於懷。”他在董事會會議上説。
"People question my patriotism, that I don’t look American enough," Mr. Wong said at the meeting. "They cannot get over this face."
“我已經69歲了，我將向你們展示一下，什麼是愛國。這就是我的證據, ” Lee Wong説着，掀起襯衫露出了胸口的一大片傷疤。
“這樣我夠愛國了嗎?”
Lee Wong在韋斯切斯特董事會會議上展示傷疤 圖源：NPR
據CNN報道，Lee Wong是一名馬來西亞籍華裔，在1970年代，18歲的他移民美國，攻讀藥理學學位。
在美國，他在沉默中遭受了無數的種族歧視和偏見。大學期間，他被種族仇恨者毆打，可法官卻釋放了襲擊者。於是他決心放棄藥理學事業，加入了美國軍隊。
He told CNN that he's dealt with abuse and discrimination in silence — ranging from children making racist facial gestures at him to being beaten up because of his race shortly after he came to America. That attack derailed his plan to become a pharmacist and is one of the reasons he joined the Army.
“偏見是一種仇恨，而這種仇恨是可以改變的。我們應該對彼此更友善、更温柔，因為我們都是一樣的，我們同活在地球上。”
"You know prejudice is hate, and that hate can be changed," he said. "We need to be kinder, gentler to one another, because we are all the same. We are one human being on this earth."
他還指出，近來社會對亞裔羣體的仇恨越來越嚴重，“我不願意生活在恐懼、恐嚇和侮辱中。”
這段視頻在美國引發了熱議，很多網友表示，亞裔在美國需要展示為國家遭受的傷疤才能被證明愛國，這既諷刺又可悲。
截圖：新聞中針對亞裔的仇恨犯罪層出不窮
據研究顯示，疫情下美國針對亞裔的仇恨犯罪增長了150%，去年發生了至少4000起針對亞裔的仇恨事件。
Anti-Asian hate crimes are up 150% during the pandemic, according to the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism at California State University, San Bernardino.
遊行標語：“停止仇恨亞裔”；“停止種族歧視！我們不是病毒” 來源：路透社
加拿大一全國委員會組織的一份聲明説： “過去一年來，反亞裔種族主義在北美各地像野火一樣燃燒。”
"Anti-Asian racism has been burning like wildfire across North America over the past year," a statement from the Chinese Canadian National Council for Social Justice reads.
實習生：陳羽潔
來源：紐約時報 CNN CBS
來源:中國日報