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Letter to MP Olivia Chow
Dear Ms Chow:
You have probably heard about the outrage over the Maclean's magazine article "Too Asian" which appeared online on Nov 10. 2010.
It implies that many students of Asian ethnicity overpopulate the best university campuses (by studying hard) and thus advocates quotas according to race.
Their attempt to stoke the fear of Asians on campus is a retread of the infamous Yellow Peril scaremongering W5 episode “Campus Giveaway” which was shown on CTV in 1979.
Admission to Canadian taxpayer-supported post secondary institutions is by academic achievement. Students who have worked hard have earned their place in class. That is the right approach to be competitive in the global economy.
As an MP whose website celebrates the richness in your riding with translations in Portugeuse and Chinese and students who attend the "Too Asian" University of Toronto, you understand how high the stakes are if Maclean's convinces enough people to abandon meritocracy.
I ask you as a member of Parliament of a very diverse riding to condemn the inaccuracies in the published article and the refusal of Maclean's to make an immediate retraction and offer a sincere apology.
I also ask you to urge the parent company of Maclean’s, Rogers, to review Maclean’s stonewalling on making an apology.
Respectfully,
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Letter to Prime Minister of Canada
To the Prime Minister of Canada:
Sir, you may know the outrage over the Maclean's magazine article "Too Asian" which appeared online on Nov 10. 2010.
It implies that many students of Asian ethnicity overpopulate the best university campuses (by studying hard) and thus advocates quotas according to race.
Their attempt to stoke the fear of As...ians on campus is a retread of the infamous Yellow Peril scaremongering W5 episode “Campus Giveaway” which was shown on CTV in 1979.
Admission to Canadian taxpayer-supported post secondary institutions is by academic achievement. Students who have worked hard have earned their place in class. That is the right approach for Canada to be competitive in the global economy.
Your government has also committed time, effort, and funding in international aid and diplomacy to bringing foreign students and researchers to our country. What kind of welcome does "Too Asian" give? As far as I am concerned, it has set back your efforts.
Sir, on Nov 8, you condemned anti-Semitism - "Anti-Semitism has gained a place at our universities, where at times it is not the mob who are removed, but the Jewish students under attack. " We stand with you in that and ask that you condemn the exact same rhetoric, an anti-Asian sentiment in "Too Asian". The Maclean's article grants legitimacy to the bullying and harassment and belittling of Asian students working hard to build a better Canada.
I urge you as Prime Minister of a Canada with a very diverse richness to condemn the inaccuracies in the published article and the refusal of Maclean's to make an immediate retraction and offer a sincere apology.
I also ask you to urge the parent company of Maclean’s, Rogers, to review Maclean’s stonewalling on making an apology.
Respectfully,
Janice Seto
Iqaluit, Canada
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letter to M Ignatieff, Leader of Opposition
To the Honourable Michael Ignatieff:
You have probably heard about the outrage over the Maclean's magazine article "Too Asian" which appeared online on Nov 10. 2010.
It implies that many students of Asian ethnicity overpopulate the best university campuses (by studying hard) and thus advocates quotas according to race.
Their attempt to stoke... the fear of Asians on campus is a retread of the infamous Yellow Peril scaremongering W5 episode “Campus Giveaway” which was shown on CTV in 1979.
Admission to Canadian taxpayer-supported post secondary institutions is by academic achievement. Students who have worked hard have earned their place in class. That is the right approach to be competitive in the global economy. As a Canadian with significant international experience and a leader with a platform based on excellence, you understand how high the stakes are if Maclean's convinces enough people to abandon meritocracy.
I urge you as Leader of the Official Opposition and a member of Parliament of a very diverse riding to condemn the inaccuracies in the published article and the refusal of Maclean's to make an immediate retraction and offer a sincere apology.
I also ask you to urge the parent company of Maclean’s, Rogers, to review Maclean’s stonewalling on making an apology.
Respectfully,
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Ltr to Mayor of Toronto, David Miller
Dear Mayor Miller:
Let me first say how much I appreciate the hard work you put in as mayor of Canada's largest and most diverse city. You faced many challenges and difficulties and you have earned my gratitude as you go on a new path.
I am writing to you about an inflammatory piece of journalism. You have probably heard about the outrage over... the Maclean's magazine article "Too Asian" which appeared online on Nov 10. 2010.
It implies that many students of Asian ethnicity overpopulate the best university campuses, naming UofT (by studying hard) and thus advocates quotas according to race.
Their attempt to stoke the fear of Asians on campus is a retread of the infamous Yellow Peril scaremongering W5 episode “Campus Giveaway” which was shown on CTV in 1979.
Admission to Canadian taxpayer-supported post secondary institutions is by academic achievement. Students who have worked hard have earned their place in class. That is the right approach to be competitive in the global economy.
As the mayor of the most diverse city in the world and the home of the "Too Asian" University of Toronto and their students and families, you understand how high the stakes are if Maclean's convinces enough people to abandon meritocracy.
I ask you to condemn the inaccuracies in the published article and the refusal of Maclean's to make an immediate retraction and offer a sincere apology.
I also ask you to urge the parent company of Maclean’s, Rogers, to review Maclean’s stonewalling on making an apology.
Respectfully,
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sample Ltr to Rogers - cancelling cell service and boycotting until Maclean's retracts
WHAT I SENT TO ROGERS. PERSONAL DECISION AS A CONSUMER TO BOYCOTT
Hello, Rogers,
I am notifying you of my cancellation of Rogers cellphone service and therefore will not be buying any products or services and neither will my friends & family until you apologize for the inaccurate, inflammatory, and insulting article "Too Asian" in Maclean's mag...azine and retract it..
In the comments section and in blogs all over Canada and in the Chinese-language media are people expressing their outrage at this failure of journalistic integrity. Until Rogers retracts and apologizes, we will not support any of your magazines, The Shopping Channel, mobile phones, cable, internet, walkin stores, Rogers Centre Dome.
And we will not be consumers of any companies associated with Rogers such as Aeroplan and Apple. I am in the process of informing Apple to not expect any downloads on iTunes or app purchases until they dissociate themselves from a corporate partner, Rogers, that stonewalls apologizing for publishing offensive material..
We want a retraction and we want an apology from Rogers.
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Ltr to MoneySense, a Rogers magazine
Hello, MoneySense,
I am notifying you of my boycott of MoneySense because it is part of the Rogers family of magazines. As such I will not be buying any products or services and neither will my friends & family until Maclean's apologizes for the inaccurate, inflammatory, and insulting article "Too Asian" in Maclean's Canadian Universities issue a...nd retract it..
In the comments section and in blogs all over Canada and in the Chinese-language media are people expressing their outrage at this failure of journalistic integrity. Until Rogers retracts and apologizes, we will not support MoneySense, Rogers magazines, The Shopping Channel, mobile phones, cable, internet, walkin stores, Rogers Centre Dome.
And we will not be consumers of any companies associated with Rogers such as Aeroplan and Apple. I am in the process of informing Apple to not expect any downloads on iTunes or app purchases until they dissociate themselves from a corporate partner, Rogers, that stonewalls apologizing for publishing offensive material..
We want a retraction and we want an apology from Rogers.
Janice Seto更多精彩文章及讨论,请光临枫下论坛 rolia.net
Letter to MP Olivia Chow
Dear Ms Chow:
You have probably heard about the outrage over the Maclean's magazine article "Too Asian" which appeared online on Nov 10. 2010.
It implies that many students of Asian ethnicity overpopulate the best university campuses (by studying hard) and thus advocates quotas according to race.
Their attempt to stoke the fear of Asians on campus is a retread of the infamous Yellow Peril scaremongering W5 episode “Campus Giveaway” which was shown on CTV in 1979.
Admission to Canadian taxpayer-supported post secondary institutions is by academic achievement. Students who have worked hard have earned their place in class. That is the right approach to be competitive in the global economy.
As an MP whose website celebrates the richness in your riding with translations in Portugeuse and Chinese and students who attend the "Too Asian" University of Toronto, you understand how high the stakes are if Maclean's convinces enough people to abandon meritocracy.
I ask you as a member of Parliament of a very diverse riding to condemn the inaccuracies in the published article and the refusal of Maclean's to make an immediate retraction and offer a sincere apology.
I also ask you to urge the parent company of Maclean’s, Rogers, to review Maclean’s stonewalling on making an apology.
Respectfully,
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Letter to Prime Minister of Canada
To the Prime Minister of Canada:
Sir, you may know the outrage over the Maclean's magazine article "Too Asian" which appeared online on Nov 10. 2010.
It implies that many students of Asian ethnicity overpopulate the best university campuses (by studying hard) and thus advocates quotas according to race.
Their attempt to stoke the fear of As...ians on campus is a retread of the infamous Yellow Peril scaremongering W5 episode “Campus Giveaway” which was shown on CTV in 1979.
Admission to Canadian taxpayer-supported post secondary institutions is by academic achievement. Students who have worked hard have earned their place in class. That is the right approach for Canada to be competitive in the global economy.
Your government has also committed time, effort, and funding in international aid and diplomacy to bringing foreign students and researchers to our country. What kind of welcome does "Too Asian" give? As far as I am concerned, it has set back your efforts.
Sir, on Nov 8, you condemned anti-Semitism - "Anti-Semitism has gained a place at our universities, where at times it is not the mob who are removed, but the Jewish students under attack. " We stand with you in that and ask that you condemn the exact same rhetoric, an anti-Asian sentiment in "Too Asian". The Maclean's article grants legitimacy to the bullying and harassment and belittling of Asian students working hard to build a better Canada.
I urge you as Prime Minister of a Canada with a very diverse richness to condemn the inaccuracies in the published article and the refusal of Maclean's to make an immediate retraction and offer a sincere apology.
I also ask you to urge the parent company of Maclean’s, Rogers, to review Maclean’s stonewalling on making an apology.
Respectfully,
Janice Seto
Iqaluit, Canada
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letter to M Ignatieff, Leader of Opposition
To the Honourable Michael Ignatieff:
You have probably heard about the outrage over the Maclean's magazine article "Too Asian" which appeared online on Nov 10. 2010.
It implies that many students of Asian ethnicity overpopulate the best university campuses (by studying hard) and thus advocates quotas according to race.
Their attempt to stoke... the fear of Asians on campus is a retread of the infamous Yellow Peril scaremongering W5 episode “Campus Giveaway” which was shown on CTV in 1979.
Admission to Canadian taxpayer-supported post secondary institutions is by academic achievement. Students who have worked hard have earned their place in class. That is the right approach to be competitive in the global economy. As a Canadian with significant international experience and a leader with a platform based on excellence, you understand how high the stakes are if Maclean's convinces enough people to abandon meritocracy.
I urge you as Leader of the Official Opposition and a member of Parliament of a very diverse riding to condemn the inaccuracies in the published article and the refusal of Maclean's to make an immediate retraction and offer a sincere apology.
I also ask you to urge the parent company of Maclean’s, Rogers, to review Maclean’s stonewalling on making an apology.
Respectfully,
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Ltr to Mayor of Toronto, David Miller
Dear Mayor Miller:
Let me first say how much I appreciate the hard work you put in as mayor of Canada's largest and most diverse city. You faced many challenges and difficulties and you have earned my gratitude as you go on a new path.
I am writing to you about an inflammatory piece of journalism. You have probably heard about the outrage over... the Maclean's magazine article "Too Asian" which appeared online on Nov 10. 2010.
It implies that many students of Asian ethnicity overpopulate the best university campuses, naming UofT (by studying hard) and thus advocates quotas according to race.
Their attempt to stoke the fear of Asians on campus is a retread of the infamous Yellow Peril scaremongering W5 episode “Campus Giveaway” which was shown on CTV in 1979.
Admission to Canadian taxpayer-supported post secondary institutions is by academic achievement. Students who have worked hard have earned their place in class. That is the right approach to be competitive in the global economy.
As the mayor of the most diverse city in the world and the home of the "Too Asian" University of Toronto and their students and families, you understand how high the stakes are if Maclean's convinces enough people to abandon meritocracy.
I ask you to condemn the inaccuracies in the published article and the refusal of Maclean's to make an immediate retraction and offer a sincere apology.
I also ask you to urge the parent company of Maclean’s, Rogers, to review Maclean’s stonewalling on making an apology.
Respectfully,
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sample Ltr to Rogers - cancelling cell service and boycotting until Maclean's retracts
WHAT I SENT TO ROGERS. PERSONAL DECISION AS A CONSUMER TO BOYCOTT
Hello, Rogers,
I am notifying you of my cancellation of Rogers cellphone service and therefore will not be buying any products or services and neither will my friends & family until you apologize for the inaccurate, inflammatory, and insulting article "Too Asian" in Maclean's mag...azine and retract it..
In the comments section and in blogs all over Canada and in the Chinese-language media are people expressing their outrage at this failure of journalistic integrity. Until Rogers retracts and apologizes, we will not support any of your magazines, The Shopping Channel, mobile phones, cable, internet, walkin stores, Rogers Centre Dome.
And we will not be consumers of any companies associated with Rogers such as Aeroplan and Apple. I am in the process of informing Apple to not expect any downloads on iTunes or app purchases until they dissociate themselves from a corporate partner, Rogers, that stonewalls apologizing for publishing offensive material..
We want a retraction and we want an apology from Rogers.
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Ltr to MoneySense, a Rogers magazine
Hello, MoneySense,
I am notifying you of my boycott of MoneySense because it is part of the Rogers family of magazines. As such I will not be buying any products or services and neither will my friends & family until Maclean's apologizes for the inaccurate, inflammatory, and insulting article "Too Asian" in Maclean's Canadian Universities issue a...nd retract it..
In the comments section and in blogs all over Canada and in the Chinese-language media are people expressing their outrage at this failure of journalistic integrity. Until Rogers retracts and apologizes, we will not support MoneySense, Rogers magazines, The Shopping Channel, mobile phones, cable, internet, walkin stores, Rogers Centre Dome.
And we will not be consumers of any companies associated with Rogers such as Aeroplan and Apple. I am in the process of informing Apple to not expect any downloads on iTunes or app purchases until they dissociate themselves from a corporate partner, Rogers, that stonewalls apologizing for publishing offensive material..
We want a retraction and we want an apology from Rogers.
Janice Seto更多精彩文章及讨论,请光临枫下论坛 rolia.net