1880 Anti-Suav Riot Denver Officially Apologizes... Suav: Nws txhais tau ntau heev

Tsoomfwv Denver City tau thov txim rau cov xeeb leej xeeb ntxwv ntawm cov neeg raug tsim txom ntawm 1880 Chinatown Riot thiab lees paub nws keeb kwm ntawm kev ntxub ntxaug rau Suav thiab Neeg Esxias Asmeskas hauv kev ua koob tsheej rau hnub Monday. Linda Lung, uas nws tsev neeg txoj kev lag luam me raug rhuav tshem hauv kev tawm tsam, hais tias lub nroog txoj kev thov txim yog qhov kev lees paub uas txhais tau hais tias ntau heev.

Linda, 69, uas nyob hauv nroog Denver, raws li NBC Xov Xwm hais tias "Tau ntev, cov huab cua ntawm qhov teeb meem no tau nruj heev."

Thaum Denver poob Chinatown, Dragons txuas ntxiv vam meej rau ntau tiam neeg. Linda piav qhia nws yog qhov kev sim ntawm grit. "Peb yog, thiab tseem yog, zoo heev hauv Chinatown," nws hais. "Qhov ntawd yog lub zeem muag ntawm kev cia siab, tag nrho cov dab neeg, thiab qhov ntawd yog keeb kwm peb tsis xav poob, keeb kwm ntawm Chinatown hauv Denver, Colorado."

Colorado Asian Pacific United, los yog CAPU, pab pawg neeg tawm tswv yim AsiA-Asmeskas, tau pab npaj lub koob tsheej hauv kev sib zog los txhawb thiab txuas ntxiv kev paub txog cov neeg Esxias. Lub ceremony yog hosted los ntawm University of Colorado, thiab ib tug neeg sawv cev ntawm tus kav nroog Michael Hancock thov txim rau cov tsev neeg ntawm cov xeeb leej xeeb ntxwv ntawm Suav.

Hauv tsab ntawv thov txim, cov thawj coj hauv nroog tau hais tias lawv lub siab xav rov qab los ntawm Denver keeb kwm ntawm kev ntxub ntxaug thiab kev ua phem rau AsiAn-Asmeskas. "Txawm hais tias peb tsis tuaj yeem tshem tawm peb cov keeb kwm yav dhau los ntawm kev tsis ncaj ncees rau Suav cov neeg tsiv teb tsaws chaw thiab cov neeg Esxias-Pacific Asmeskas, cov thawj coj tam sim no lees paub nws qhov kev ua yuam kev thiab tsis kho lawv yog thawj kauj ruam mus rau kev lees paub thiab hwm lawv txoj kev koom tes rau kev sib haum xeeb ntawm haiv neeg."

"Qhov no yuav pab qhia cov neeg uas tsis paub txog keeb kwm kev txaj muag no hauv Colorado thiab nplij cov xeeb ntxwv ntawm cov neeg uas nws hlub tau raug kev ntxub ntxaug lwm haiv neeg thiab kev tsim txom," tsab ntawv hais.

Cov neeg Esxias tam sim no muaj txog li 4% ntawm Denver cov pej xeem, raws li Census Bureau.

Joie Nikita Ha, tus lwm thawj coj ntawm CAPU, tau hais tias lub nroog qhov kev lees paub qhov txhaum hauv Chinatown kev tawm tsam yog ib kauj ruam tseem ceeb rau kev lees txais qhov mob ntawm Denver haiv neeg keeb kwm. Nws tau hais tias "Cov neeg Esxias feem ntau yog cov neeg tsawg uas pom tsis tau, thiab ntau yam tshwm sim hauv zej zog Asian uas tsis tau hais txog," nws hais.

Txawm li cas los xij, Denver ceremony yuav txawv tom qab nws, nws hais tias: "Nws yog qhov pib thiab nws tau txhawb nqa, tshwj xeeb tshaj yog rau qee cov tsev neeg laus uas tau nyob ntawm no rau ntau tiam neeg, tias lawv txoj kev koom tes rau Denver thiab Colorado raug mob hnyav thiab lawv txoj kev txom nyem. tau lees paub."

Kev tawm tsam Suav ntawm xyoo 1880, uas tau pib nrog kev sib tsoo ntawm John Asmussen's Saloon thiab xaus nrog MOBS dawb rhuav tshem Chinatown thiab tsoo cov khw, tua ib tug tub hluas, Saib Hluas.

Ib daim kab xev rau ntawm txoj kev hauv zos nyeem "Hop Ally / Suav Riot ntawm 1880"; Tab sis cov neeg tawm tsam hais tias cov ntawv nyeem tsis sib haum xeeb rau cov neeg Esxias.

"Cov neeg dawb siv hu ua Chinatown Old Chinatown," Mr. Joy piav qhia. "Nws yog lub sij hawm ua phem rau kev ua yeeb tshuaj tiv thaiv, txawm tias txhua tus neeg haus luam yeeb."