Last year, Senator Mark Mullet stood against pressure from his own party, and voted NO on I-1000. At the Senator Floor, Senator Mullet said that he made a verbal promise to these groups (i.e. us) before the session started and was going to hold that verbal promise and would be voting NO. Fast forward to… Read More »
Background: We have been sending a daily reminder to the Legislature (Senator Kuderer, Senator Majority Leader, Andy Billig included) since January 24th. This is our day 12 reminder. On 1/17, Senator Kuderer used words “Chinese Fire Drill” at a committee meeting, and people at the meeting laughed after her remark. We are offended. Why have… Read More »
Senator Patty Kuderer used racist words on January 17th at a committee meeting, and we filed a complaint against Senator Patty Kuderer on January 20ty. The Secretary of the Senate’s sided with Senator Kuderer on January 22nd. Determined to fight against racism towards Chinese Americans, we appealed to Senate Facilities and Operations Committee today. Below… Read More »
Today is Chinese New Year, the most important holiday for Chinese across the globe. As my family celebrates this year’s Chinese New Year, I am saddened by how we, Chinese Americans, have been mistreated this past year. We fought a very tough fight last year to protect a fundamental American principle – Equality for All.… Read More »
On January 20th, 2020, WA Asians For Equality and American Coalition For Equality filed joint complaint against Senator Patty Kuderer. During the January 17th Senate Housing Stability & Affordability Committee meeting, Senator Kuderer used known racist words “Chinese Fire Drill”. Senator Kuderer has the reputation of treating Chinese Americans in her district without respect. In… Read More »
This is a response to Ms. Ng’s blog on NW Asian Weekly. Although not surprised, it is definitely disappointing that NW Asian Weekly added another biased assaulting piece towards Asian Americans who refused to obey and follow the state’s Asian political establishment. Ms. Ng’s opinion piece was both biased and misleading. Political differences aside, Reject… Read More »
National Association of Scholars (NAS) has been a strong supporter of Reject R-88 campaign. Not only they worked to bring national attention to the fight to protect equality for all in Washington, but also they called on their members to provide much needed financial support in October. We are grateful to have such a national… Read More »
Crosscut published Glenn Nelson’s racist op-ed towards Chinese Americans on October 8th, 2019. Glenn’s op-ed was crazy and insulting. After our protest through social media and email, Mason Bryan of Crosscut offered below: “I also want to offer you the opportunity to share your own thoughts on the affirmative action debate, either in our comment… Read More »
On Wednesday, August 7th, the Secretary of State certified Referendum Measure 88 (R-88) for the November general election. “We set a record for number of signatures backing a referendum measure,” said Linda Yang, head of Washington Asians for Equality. “And this is the first time in Washington State’s history and in this country’s history that… Read More »
If you have collected signatures for R-88, please provide your feedbacks. It is very important that we capture as many feedbacks as possible. So please also share with people you know that helped collect R-88 signatures. Thank you!