特别感谢罗德岛州的四位招集人。这四位无党无派普普通通安分守己与世无争的罗德岛老中，当效仿当年纳粹的亚裔细分的黑手伸向自己的孩子时，他们忍无可忍，为了自己的孩子，为了全体老中的孩子，挺身而出，无私奉献。从申请集会 permit，到准备给州长的 petition，到挨家挨户拉人参与，到自费准备上百的标语，横幅与国旗，花费了大量的时间，金钱与精力。但他们的努力没有白费，此次集会已引起当地主流媒体的重视，已上了当天的新闻。参与集会的布朗大学的吴教授还接受了当地很 popular 的一家美国电视台的专访，把华人的诉求，反对亚裔细分的原因告诉世人...
在此，再次衷心感谢四位无私奉献的招集人。全美东的华人都会记住你们；全美国的华人都会记住你们！
图1: 集会现场
图2: 集会现场
图3: 集会现场
图4: 孩子生了重病，背着孩子来参加集会的老中
图5: 专程从加州飞来助威的老中
图6: 麻省助威的兄弟姐妹
图7: 康州助威的兄弟姐妹
图8: 俺为本次集会制作的标语牌，希望永不会再用
图9: 集会的消息上了当天的新闻
图10: 吴教授接受电视采访
图11: 无私奉献的四位招集人：邱毅光、陆少磊、立莹、杨宇
图12: 新州的爪四哥，哈哈，象不象黑社会老大...不不，老四
最后俺也得瑟一下，今天碰上不少各地来的爪哥网上的粉丝，包括其中一位召集人哈
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集会花絮-1: 差点儿把爪哥当抢劫犯
昨天早晨六点多上路，十点四十开到。根据招集人发的通知，可以把车停进收费的Providence Place Mall，再走去抗议集会地点罗德岛州State House。开到离Mall还有半个mile时，我发现路边有个大的停车场，好像不用交费。俺这个财迷二话不说，就把车开了进去。出来之后往前走，刚好碰上一个美国白人老奶奶，一手拎一个大包，走在我前面。我三步两步追上去，问她去State House 的走法，老奶奶特热情，告诉我她刚好要去State House 旁边的车站坐车，跟她走好了，有近道。一路上她问我去干啥，我把前因后果大概叙述了一遍，老奶奶把头摇得象拨浪鼓，说这些个政客简直是吃饱撑得。她的亲戚中就有爸爸是亚非混血，母亲是欧亚混血，咋填表?！怎么分?！对我们老中的诉求完全支持。走到Providence Place Mall时，她领我抄近路，爬上高高的台阶，穿过黑黑的走廊。我看她费力的样子，也没多想，就一把抓过她手里的两个大口袋，想帮她减点儿负担。没想到老奶奶大惊失色，高喊抢劫啦！抢劫啦！她这一喊，我也大吃一鲸，赶紧把两个大囗袋还给她，跟她解释半天，老奶奶才相信我。但从此让我与她离开五米远，一直走到State House分道时，她老人家才放下心来。放下手里包向我招招手大声说：Good luck，young man！
My fellow Americans/ 同胞们，朋友们， First，I have to confess，I started as a reluctant volunteer，however，I was so moved by the dedication and hard work of three very special individuals。They all have 2 or 3 young children at home。You can not imagine how hard they have been working and how many things they have done since the beginning。I am part of this movement largely because of their conviction and their unselfishness。杨宇，立莹 and Dr. 陆，please stand up... and let's give them a big round of applause! Thank you! There are many other people that have also spent many many hours for this cause and I won't name them one by one here，but let's thank them! Thank you very much! Today is a very special day。 Thank you for being here。You may not realize it，this is probably the first ever Chinese American protest in Rhode Island's history。Today is special，because ，we Chinese Americans，are no longer the silent minority-- Rhode Island Chinese Americans have stood up! We will fight for fair and equal treatment for ourselves ，and for our future generations! You all should be very proud of yourselves for being here。Thank you! Why we are here? We are here to ask our governor and state legislators to repeal or change the "All Students Count Act"。Why repeal this law? Because it singles out only Asian Americans。As you know，we account for less than 4% of Rhode Island's population。No other racial groups are subject to such divisive and intrusive inquiry。If the intent is to identify underachieving and underprivileged students，why not focus on more appropriate factors such as family financial and educational background? And，why ignore the needs of the 96% majority? We don't need and are NOT ASKING for any special treatment ，ALL WE ASK for is fair and equal consideration。Did you know，in many Rhode Island schools，there are often only one or two Asian students in each grade? Why waste tax dollars and resources to collect such insignificant data? Should this law be repealed? The answer is YES! But，the most scary part is that this type of data is subject to manipulation and abuse and can be used to advance race-based public policies。Do you remember the "Chinese Exclusion Act" and the Japanese Internment Camps? Our ancestors have suffered enough from this long history of racial discrimination。Do we need these types of laws? Of course not! We strongly ask our governor，state senators and representatives to repeal this law! Repeal! Repeal! Today's protest is just the beginning of our journey to fight for ourselves and for our future generations。If you have not become a citizen，become one；if you have not registered to vote，go register；if you have not donated to any candidates，please find someone you can support and get him or her elected! Let's speak up with our mouth and more importantly with our votes! Let our voices be heard! Make it louder and louder! I hope，one day，there will be no AA，HA，or WA，we are ALL AMERICANS !
aggregation but not segregation 的口号很好，但是discrimination的口号就似乎欠妥。毕竟东南亚越南菲律宾苗裔是非常支持细分的。
长期以来，主流媒体在散布一个myth，亚裔是"模范少数民族”。这个stereotype甚至对华人都是不正确的，因为很多华人面临职场的天花板，爬不上去；对落后穷亚裔来说就更不公平了，因为他们很多教育水平不高，犯罪率不低，但是一平均就显不出来了。
这么多穷亚裔支持细分，一个苦衷可能也是要用数据破除这个stereotype吧。
