细分之争源头详情/亚裔教职人员公开信
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亚裔细分是对华人的迫害吗?
转自“反谣言中心”
近期,某关注度颇高的北美华人公众号发贴号召在美华人读者积极抵制奥巴马的第13515号总统令(EO 13515)。行政令和法案不太一样,涉及美国政治运行的一些基本知识,略有复杂。这个行政令是奥巴马2009年颁布的,涉及到了目前热门且敏感的“亚裔细分”。命令的名称是“Increasing Participation of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in Federal Programs”[1],官方的说法是旨在“恢复白宫亚裔和美属太平洋岛屿居民事务机构,以改善这些少数族裔的健康、教育和经济处境。”[2]
不过这个法案明确使用了“disaggregate data”(数据细分)这个表达方式,被认为是鼓励各地进行亚裔细分,以至于后续美国部分州通过了亚裔细分法案。部分人士将奥巴马8年前的这个行政令视为种族主义歧视华人,并且和1882年的排华法案相提并论。
本文开篇提及的公众号特意提供了“请愿”式的模板,希望美国现任总统川普能够重视AA议题,并通过取消13515号行政命令来撼动对华裔的歧视[3]。
不出所料,绝大多数人没有阅读这个行政令的全文,这个行政命令到底说了什么呢?
摘要:
1. 奥巴马2009年的13515号行政命令并非“排华法案”
2. 号召川普废除13515号行政命令也并非华裔争取教育平权的最佳途径
一、奥巴马的13515号行政命令究竟是不是“排华法案”?
由于诸多人在讨论13515号行政命令时往往只局限于“种族细分”,特别是教育细分这一议题,而忽略了原总统令中“提升亚裔和美属太平洋岛屿居民(AAPI)群体利益”这一部分。此处应该先看一下行政令原文的内容:
EO 13515 - Increasing Participation of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in Federal Programs
“... Of the more than a million AAPI-owned businesses, ... many firms are small sole-proprietorships that continue to need assistance to access available resources such as business development counseling and small business loans. .... Specific challenges experienced by AAPI subgroups include lower college-enrollment rates by Pacific Islanders than other ethnic groups and high poverty rates among Hmong Americans, Cambodian Americans, Malaysian Americans, and other individual AAPI communities. Additionally, one in five non-elderly AAPIs lacks health insurance. ”[4]
行政命令原文举例提到了AAPI群体面临的几个实际的问题:
商业发展咨询
小商业贷款
太平洋岛屿国家的高等教育低录取率
苗裔(Hmong)、柬埔寨裔、马来裔等群体的高贫困率
可以看出,原文中出发点在于协助亚裔和美属太平洋岛屿居民群体(AAPI)解决联邦项目的实际援助效应。无论华裔是否被细分,华裔仍将归属于AAPI群体。在此处急于从源头上切断一个针对AAPI群体的总统令,如何在损害AAPI整体权益的前提下单独提升华裔群体福祉,反对者还没有提供很好的解释。
另外一方面,华裔关注法案延续或废除的焦点,主要源于在高校录取中种族配额制以及相应的亚裔细分法案的争论。此处暂时抛开是否应当支持或反对平权法案(Affirmative Action)不谈,13515号行政命令本身并非是一个专门针对华裔的总统令,涉及国家范围远超中国,涉及联邦援助的领域也并非教育一家。
单从性价比的角度看,仅仅是为了保证华裔在教育机构上的录取率而寄托于川普斩断一个涉及到诸多东亚、东南亚和南亚国家族裔的福利法案,若不是“自私”的话,是否可以说是得不偿失呢?
另一方面来讲,华裔在美国的政治参与度,和拉丁裔及非裔相比本身就已经略低。此时若是为了华裔的利益而打翻了整个亚裔的蛋糕,未来又如何期望其他族裔在类似议题上共同发声?
二、号召特朗普废除13515号行政命令是不是华裔争取教育平权的最佳途径?
1. 民主党确实支持平权法案,但共和党反对平权法案吗?
这个问题不言自明。首先,川普在上台后展现出强烈的种族主义倾向,对穆斯林六国开出禁令,面对南方邻居墨西哥继续大喊“修墙”。
华裔在此时希望川普突然变脸,对华裔笑脸相迎,本身就是一种强烈的玛丽苏情结——希望自己喜欢的人“对所有其他人都是混球,但对自己像蜂蜜一样甜”。在InsideGov整理的总统候选人立场中,川普对于平权法案的态度时而支持,时而反对[5]。
如果真像一些人所说的,”奥巴马和民主党是一群种族主义者,而川普和共和党是反平权法案的大救星”,那么他们如何解释在共和党的调查中,只字未提平权法案呢?[6]
2. 废除13515号行政命令,用经济地位决定联邦援助方向,真的对美国华人有利吗?
本文开头提及的北美某华人公众号请愿文中,特意提到了希望川普能够用经济地位代替种族决定公众援助的发放。此处也暂不纠结奥巴马政府本身就已经有按照经济地位申请联邦援助的项目(Afordable Care Act),单就这个政策方向来看,目前华裔在美国的经济地位不说顶尖,平行和其他小族裔来比肯定是更好的。倘若真的实行了,仍然会是以优先保证太平洋岛民和东南亚等相对贫困族裔福祉的联邦援助项目。那时华人若想上常春藤名校,可能先要看一下自己够不够穷吧?
3, 为什么有华人支持亚裔细分和种族配额制?
平权法案本身只是决定了在面对教育资源不平衡的情况下,我们应当更多倾向于公平(标准化考试,按照学生能力录取)还是更多倾向于平等(给予资源匮乏的少数族裔更多优先录取的机会)。在这个基础价值上,也就不难理解为何有些华人和亚裔会支持法案。很多人将自己认同为“美国人”,那么种族配额制在原则上倾斜于经济地位劣势的族裔,为何还要遭到反对?
4. 假设平权法案从明天彻底消失,华人就能摆脱歧视了吗?
在凯瑟琳·米尔科曼(Kathirine Milkman)等人的调查中,6500名教授整体偏向于给白色人种回应[7]。这其中的偏见不言自明。可以看出,平权法案并不是亚裔学生录取受阻的关键因素。
有部分人士认为,数据收集即是种族清洗的前兆。但即使平权法案消失,那些在决定录取时怀有偏见的人,还是可以从学生的姓名、居住地、实习和工作经历中嗅出蛛丝马迹。不要说是大学招生官,很多华裔在找租房室友时都会对申请者的名字多看两眼。企图在申请过程中免去自报家门的手续,无异于掩耳盗铃。
反对歧视,就要真正对抗歧视本身,寄希望于在歧视的体制内靠躲过有色眼镜的筛选,无非是消极抵抗的鸵鸟政策罢了。
参考链接
[1] https://www.archives.gov/federal-register/executive-orders/2009-obama.html#13515
[2] http://news.china.com/zh_cn/international/1000/20091015/15667614.html
[4] https://sites.ed.gov/aapi/aapi-data-disaggregation/
[5] http://presidential-election-issues.insidegov.com/l/2/Affirmative-Action
[7] https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2063742a
一封来自亚裔、太平洋裔教职人员的关于族裔数据的公开信 – 2017年8月
链接:
http://aapidata.com/blog/educators-letter-translated-aug-2017/?from=timeline
478位教职人员签署了以下的公开信,支持亚裔及太平洋裔细分数据的搜集并澄清这一举措的目的和意义。
一封来自亚裔、太平洋裔教职人员的关于族裔数据的公开信 – 2017年8月
我们是k-12学校和大学的亚裔老师和教授,我们对日渐壮大的针对数据细分的反对之声担忧不已。
这些反对的声音是从我们群体的内部发出的。近日,有近50位华裔美国人(包括儿童)聚集在罗德岛反对一项数据搜集新政。这一新政策得到了许多亚裔教育组织的支持,如Alliance of Rhode Island Southeast Asians for Education (ARISE)和亚裔青年组PrYSM等。这一新政规定小学和中学在搜集亚裔数据时要给出具体的细分选项。
细分数据会被合理使用,从而更好的了解每个社区中亚裔学生群体的不同。罗德岛的抗议和加州的抗议是一致的。这其中都包含了很多具有煽动性和极具误导性的语言,甚至将此政策与德国的纽伦堡法案相比。
这种对比真的是骇人听闻!亚裔社区搜集族裔数据已经有很长的历史了,一直以来这一举措都为更好的服务亚裔族群做出了贡献。
搜集亚裔数据数据意味着亚裔数据的选项将被细分至具体的族群。亚裔填写族裔一栏时,可以只填亚裔,也可以自发性的选择填写具体的族群,比如“韩国人”、“中国人”或“越南人”。他们也可以选择不止一个细分族群来更好的反映他们自己的族裔背景。细分数据是美国统计局搜集数据的主要指导思想。这一举措将实打实的为亚裔社区带来许多福利。比如加强选举系统的语言协助,双语教育,学生心理健康服务,并能更好地提供满足各个族群文化和传统需求的县医院医疗服务。
在过去的三十年里面,亚裔和太平洋裔的社区领导人,民选官员,学者,老师,教授和学生都在积极地呼吁搜集细分数据。这种呼声在1965年达到了高潮,因为那一年美国第一次废除了移民国籍配额制。当亚裔群体日渐壮大后,很多学校和政府机构都不能有效地区分不同亚裔的历史,经历和社会需求,因为亚裔总是被归类成一大族群。这一同质化的做法使得了解和服务不同亚裔社区的需求变成了一项巨大的挑战。这种现象更造成了教育机构,医疗机构和社会服务机构误解和忽略亚裔中不同族群的需求。
作为教育者,老师,和大学的教职人员,我们在尽最大的努力去了解我们学生群体所面对的挑战,更好地服务和支持他们在教育方面的多样需求。但是,没有高质量的数据,我们无法做到这一点!比如说,柬埔寨,老挝,夏威夷岛民和萨摩亚人在社区大学的毕业率远小于其他族群。心理健康问题在不同的亚裔群体之间也有着巨大的差别。比如华裔女性比起其他族群有更高的自杀率。高质量的细分数据是了解各个群体中学生所面临的挑战的关键。更为重要的是,这将为有需要的学生提供更多来自公共或私立系统的资源。
将搜集亚裔数据和纳粹德国的纽伦堡法案做对比具有极大的误导性,完全误会了这一举措的目标和意图。很久以来,亚裔美国人包括华裔同胞一直走在呼吁具体数据搜集的第一线。我们想在公开信中再一次诚恳的向各位呼告,搜集细分数据的目的绝不是为了孤立任何一个群体来迫害或监视他们。相反的,搜集细分数据是为了更好的了解和支持我们群体中的各个族裔,来保证在教育问题上,我们对所有学生的帮扶做到一个不落。
作为教育者,我们坚定地相信大家有必要一如既往的支持搜集高质量的细分数据从而更好的服务亚裔学生的多样需求。
以下是所有签署这封公开信的教职人员 (我们记录了附属学校、机构的信息以保证签名的真实性)
Aaron Parayno, Assistant Director- Asian American Center at Northeastern University
Abbie Bates, UCLA
Abby Chien, Program Manager, University of Michigan
Abhinav Mishra, Medical Student- Texas Tech Health Science Center Paul L. Foster School of Medicine.
Aggie Noah, Assistant Professor; Arizona State University
Ah Young Chi, School Counselor, Hong Kong International School
Alethea Serna, Associate Professor, University of Hawaii at Manoa
Alisa Carithers, Academic Advisor, Cal State L.A.
Allan Colbern, Assistant Professor, Arizona State University
Alyss Dixson, Lecturer, San Francisco State University
Amanda Assalone, Postdoctoral Research & Policy Analyst, Southern Education Foundation
Amanda Seaman, Professor, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Ami Thakkar, Resident Director at Loyola University Chicago
Amita Manghnani, Director of Public Programs, Asian/Pacific/American Institute at NYU
Amy Bhatt, Associate Professor, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Ana Rossetti, Assistant Dean, Illinois Institute of Technology
Andre Yang, Lecturer, California State University, Fresno
Andrew Chin, Professor, University of North Carolina School of Law
Andrew Leong, Assistant Professor, Northwestern University
Andrew Yao, Teacher – Manor ISD
Angela Arunarsirakul, Educator
Angela Kong, Instructor and Program Coordinator, UCSD
Angela Vo, Former Teacher
Angela Wu, Assistant Director, Williams College
Angie Chung, Associate Professor, University at Albany
Angie Kim, Residence Hall Assistant Director, New York University
Anjela Wong, teacher educator
Ankita Rakhe, Assistant Dean/Associate Director, Stanford University
Anna Gonzalez, organizer, association for asian american studies
Anna Lau, Professor, UCLA
Anna Takahashi, Director of College Counseling, Eastside College Preparatory School
Annabelle Estera, Graduate Assistant, Michigan State University
Anne Joh, Professor of Theology and Culture
Anne Saw, Assistant Professor, DePaul University
Anne Vo, Assistant Professor of Medical Education / USC
Anthony Antonio, Assoc Professor of Education, Stanford University
Anthony Kim, Program Coordinator, Colorado State University
Antony Wong, Program Coordinator, AAARI-CUNY
Anuradha Advani, Teacher, Simon Academics, Inc.
Arshad Ali, Assistant Professor, George Washington University
Arun Ponnusamy, Head Counselor & Vice President, Collegewise
Bach Mai Dolly Nguyen, University of California, Los Angeles
Baldeep Pabla, Lecturer, San Francisco State University
Barbara Kim, Professor, Dept. of Asian and Asian American Studies, CSULB
Barry Chaiveera, Assistant Director, UCLA
Ben Medeiros, Housing & Residence Life Administrator within Student Affairs
Benedicto Llave, Department Coordinator, Cesar Chavez Community Action Center, San Jose State University
Benjamin Chang, The Hong Kong Institute of Education
Bernard Liang, Director, Center for Student Involvement, Seattle University
Betina Hsieh, Assistant Professor, California State University, Long Beach
Bianca Louie, Instructor – City College of San Francisco
Bianca Nepales, Director, TFA
Bill Hing, University of San Francisco school of law
Billy Hsu, University of Pennsylvania
Brant Lee, Professor of Law, University of Akron School of Law”
Brenda Dao, Program Manager and University of Washington, Bothell
Brian Arao, College Administrative Officer, UC Santa Cruz
Brittany Chen, Director, Health Resources in Action; Guest lecturer, Boston University
Aujean Lee, PhD Candidate, UCLA
Le, Director, Asian & Asian American Studies Certificate Program, UMass Amherst
Cam Nguyen, University of California, Irvine
Camille Pannu, Clinical Director, UC Davis School of Law
Camillia Lui, Associate Scientist
Candace Chow, Postdoc, University of Utah
Caroline Hong, Assistant Professor, Queens College CUNY
Charlene Martinez, Associate Director, Oregon State University
Charles Andrean, Northwestern University, Assistant Director of Fraternity and Sorority Life
Charles Lu, Executive Director – University of Texas at Austin
Charles Sasaki, Dean of Academic Affairs
Charmaine Banther, Chair, NEA Asian & Pacific Islander Caucus
Charmaine Runes, Research Assistant, The Urban Institute
chee ia yang, Program Manager, University of Michigan
Chenda Duong, English Teacher at Lago Vista High School (Texas)
Cherry Lim, Asian American Student Advancement Program Specialist, Middlesex Community College
Chhoun Mey, Instructional Technology Curriculum Leader/Bellevue School District
Chris Haynes, Assistant Professor, New Haven
Chrissy Lau, Assistant Professor, Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi
Christina Carpio, Assistant Director, Asian American Cultural Center, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign
Christina Yao, Assistant Professor, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Chu Huang, Co-Chair of the Chinatown Resident Association (Boston, MA)
Chu Ly, Boston University
Claire Jean Kim, University of California, Irvine
Cleda Wang, Assistant Director for Residence Life at University of Wisconsin -Madison
Clement Lai, Associate Professor, California State University – Northridge
Corey Gin, Director, California State University East Bay, Staff Co-Chair, Asian Pacific Islander Faculty and Staff Association
Corinne Kodama, AANAPISI Research Specialist, University of Illinois at Chicago
Curtiss Rooks, Loyola Marymount University
Cynya Michelle Ko, Independent
Dan Ocampo, Director of Residential Life/Visiting Assistant Professor
Danny Khuu, Associate, Solano County Library
Daren Mooko, Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean of Students, Whitman College
David Kyuman Kim, Professor, Connecticut College
David Pe, Associate Dean of Students / NYU Shanghai
David Roh, Associate Professor, University of Utah
David Song, Stanford University
David Surratt, Associate Vice Chancellor – University of California, Berkeley
Dawn Lee Tu, Interim Associate Dean of Students, UC Berkeley
Dean Choi, Former Program Coordinator for Campus Life, Diverse Communities at Washington University in St. Louis
Debra Arellano, Academic Support, Honolulu Community College
Debra Pacio, Master’s of Arts in Education Student, Stanford University
Delia Cheung Hom, Director, Asian American Center, Northeastern University
Demeturie Gogue, First Generation Student Programs Coordinator; University of Redlands
Denise Yee, Student Services Advisor, University of California Berkeley
Der Vang, Iowa State University
Derek Furukawa, Assistant Vice Provost, University of Nevada, Reno
Desmond Leung, Adjunct Lecturer, Baruch College
Devita Bishundat, Assistant Director, Center for Multicultural Equity & Access; Georgetown University
Dian Squire, Iowa state university
Diana Pan, Assistant Professor, Brooklyn College
Dimpal Jain, Associate Professor, California State University, Northridge
Dina Maramba, Associate Professor of Higher Education, Claremont Graduate University
Dina Okamoto, Professor of Sociology, Indiana University
DJ Kuttin Kandi Custodio-Tan, Artist-Activist, Scholar
Dominic Wang, Lecturer, Stanford University
Donald Kimura, Teacher, Clark County School District
Douglas Lee, Assistant Director, Student Leadership & Involvement at the University of Utah Asia Campus
Ducha Hang, Assistant Vice President for Student Affairs, Salve Regina University
Ed Curammeng, Assistant Professor of Teacher Education, California State University, Dominguez Hills
Edward Chang, Professor, UC Riverside
Edward Chi, University of Southern California
Edward Hashima, Professor and Director of Center for Teaching and Learning
Elaine Dolalas, Student Affairs Officer, University of California, Los Angeles
Elizabeth Park, University of Southern California
Elizabeth Pili, Director of College Counseling Initiatives, Horace Mann School
Ellen Wang, Program Officer, Nellie Mae Education Foundation
Elvin Chan, Assistant Director, Asian American Resource and Cultural Center, The University of Illinois at Chicago
Emily Roh, Cross Cultural Coordinator, Pasadena City College
Emy Cardoza, Assistant Dean of Student Life, Barnard College
Eric Mar, Asst Professor, College of Ethnic Studies/San Francisco State University
Eric Tang, Associate Professor, The University of Texas at Austin
Erica Yamamura, Seattle University, Student Development Administration, College of Education
Erick Nunez, UNIS
Erin Hashimoto Martell, Director of Instruction, Dearborn STEM Academy, Boston
erin K Ninh, Associate Professor, UC Santa Barbara
Ester Sihite, PhD Candidate, Loyola University Chicago
Eugene Lim, librarian, CUNY
Eugenia Beh, Librarian, MIT
Eungsoo An, Teacher, NYCDOE
Eva Li, Special Education Teacher – NYC DOE
Eve Chan, ELL Facilitator at Jing Mei Elementary in Bellevue School District, WA
Fanny Yeung, Educational Effectiveness Research Manager, California State University, East Bay
Federick Ngo, Assistant Professor, University of Nevada Las Vegas
Fong Tran, Director of Student Activities, College of Alameda
Franklin Odo, John J McCloy Visiting Professor of American Institutions and Intl Diplomacy
Fred Lee, Assistant Professor, Political Science and Asian American Studies, University of Connecticut, Storrs
Fred Williams, Career Counselor, University of Minnesota
Funie Hsu, Assistant Professor of American Studies, San Jose State University
Garrett Chan, Elementary School Teacher, NBPTS
George Villanueva, Loyola University Chicago
Glenn DeGuzman, Director of Residential Education / University of California, Berkeley
Go Sasaki, Teacher, Boston Public Schools
Grace Kao, Associate Professor of Ethics, Claremont School of Theology
Grace Kyungwon Hong, Professor, Department of Asian American Studies, UCLA
Grace Yoo, Professor, San Francisco State University, Asian American Studies
Gregory Toya, Director, El Camino College
Hahrie Han, Anton Vonk Professor of Political Science, UCSB
Haivan Hoang, Associate Professor, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Helen Kim, Assistant Professor, Emory
Helen Li, unaffiliated
Henry Lo, School Boardmember
Hoa Bui, Resident Director Miami University
Hui Xie, UW-Milwaukee
Hyon Chu Yi-Baker, San Jose State University
Inderpal Grewal, Yale University
Irene Hsu, Editorial Intern, Graywolf Press
Irene Yoon, Asst Professor, University of Utah
Iyko Day, Associate Professor, Mount Holyoke College
Jaideep Singh, Independent Scholar
Jaishri Shankar, Washington Leadership Academy, teacher
James Lee, Associate Professor of Asian American Studies & Englsh, University of California, Irvine
James Wu, Resident Director (University of California, Berkeley)
Jamie Kim, St. John’s school, college counselor
Jane H. Yamashiro, Instructor, Patten University at San Quentin
Jane Naomi Iwamura, University of the West
Janelle Wong, Professor, University of Maryland, College Park
Janet Nishihara, Director, Oregon State University
Jared Lessard, Senior Research & Planning Analyst, Saddleback College
Jasleen Kohli, Director, Critical Race Studies Program, UCLA School of Law
Jasmine Dieu, Counselor Irvine Valley College
Jasmine Mageno, Interim Project Manager, TRIO Programs; Rio Hondo College
Jason Chan, Doctoral Candidate, UCLA
Jason Kong, Program Coordinator, Columbia University – Mailman School of Public Health
Jay Chen, Trustee, Mt. San Antonio College
Jean Wing, Executive Director, Research Assessment & Data, Oakland Unified School District
Jean-Paul deGuzman, Lecturer, UCLA
Jeff Wong, Associate Director of College Counseling, Lycée Fran?ais de New York
Jeffrey Alton, Associate Director, University of Illinois at Chicago
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