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by Dr. GORDON CHONG
TORONTO — The Sepレ ember 30!卵W5pro,m' 加e "Campus Giveatv&y" whkh deputed omi:universities as being tal^en 5ver by
hぉevoked angry and ihdK gnaiitーrespon!^eきfrom m&ny segments of the Canadian community 一 acad細ic pirまネni2:atiohs ind insUtu-tions明welJ as the Chinese Canadiati boやmimi tゎ
Statistics wー usさd \yhich 挑emed、t, have the ring of 狄cu潔y、 a ltd credibility; however, they ha" since beeh proven to bぉdistorted れflgroぉi;y iiia(jieui^aネざb numbei* 0frelia》le atithorレ tie^livesもcan1is checked by reading"the enclosed material.
The generaltenor of the programme was cleverlj^ (but not Wo subtly) coまi-ved to arouse 01,reゃive a fear of the Yellowぉもri1 a i id wa备ceftain,ylessthan o^jjective, to put it kindlめ
Canadians of Chinese origin a re stilloutraged ovej* this pro gramme. It haさbeen C0nfir加ed tft、at many of the せlleged foreigners, 一 in factj permalit residents or Canadian citizens Attempts to air these grievances thro ugh the CRTC and CTV network haye so fさr pr(>ven to be futile Feelings of frustr"ion and h^iplVss-ness have aggravated the deepening anger and resent-meiit of Chinese Canadians. The very idea th" a visU)le minority group vi^oulすbe singlらd out for atlack because of excellence hぉin-tensばiもdthぉindignation.
CFTO. 一 the CTV network ;^i"むini,ぉived —by Chinese Canadians (and perhaps others) as modioli-thれinstitutions, their puゎ-lie acCOimlability hazy and their pow化seemingly加-1imited. To d;^ie, there has been nogreaもpublic cmtoy, noi^ hasfhere be— any sta. teitient frQm any _ g;ひvern-mentヽdepar1tment either the fe扭?il01,provincial
If the m'ogramme goeき unchallenged by the agenー ci"s that have jmisdiction overは(ie. CRTC) and by groui)s 、Vh0 have alegitimate right to express concern and disapproval(i.e. Ontario and Canadian goverment through any of appropriate ministries), then CFTO and CTV win feelthat they can operate in this it tanner with impunUy and Chinese Canadians wHlregal themselves as second-class
citizens! I rather doubt this willincrease "the accei)tan-<^e of ethiuhciOturalgroups and theirまinberd as full "artidpants in panad!an so(?iety" is apparently desired by governmentiKylicy.
The Chinese experience in Canada has not been &、1^&れ-icularly e戏mpj[&ry one. The Head Tax (多50«500), the (Ohiit6se'Exclusion AcV the d^ぉt of Uieri沙V to vote, a lid the decision 、not to ailひw Chinese to cl扭iin land iiV the PT&iries whert it Wa, apenediip,lyere all hardly designeSl;ひinもke the Clnin-辟eきliyantfed.EVerytMe the CliJiiese,raspaitopppト
eccm6inically, there appears to t)きsome individuatl,ぉrO" up, or institution prepared to d,ny thもm that o卯or-t unity.
Why w朋the Chinese stu"iit population singfled oiit fof thisobVi<mslybias-も3 piece of reporting? One reason could be that the community has responded to provi)Cati(m in tjfie pきst by simply turning the other cheek. Another reason could be th" the CW拜e, beingさ visible minority/are^ naturally mo re prQinineiit when their nuinbers increase in atiygrOuiJ. Another reason i;night wellbe歸t because ihe C阪ese stu<Ieiits do so wellacademically that they are anat財altarget for .otliれs to reserttandenvy.
Whatever the reason, this situation must^ not bもallowed t"O persistl)ec汰use it dぉes nothing "toもncourage and assistj the fuU rea"?atiofi of the multiculturalnature of Canadian societれnor does :it"ぉcnitatもmutual appreciation and underst" anding amon]?が1Canadians," fゅ、Ve are allstriving.
At a tinie when allCana-dぉns are conceded about Cai^"ian unity and a Canadian ほentity,争re we goipg to stated idly by whilもait integraV part of Canadian goSiety is singled imt for きUack? If we are goi时to んmore than paylip serv,ee to the pursuit of Cana-ian unUy, allCanadians, indiyト dually and collectively, must speak out an务con-denm CFTO and the CTV network for the shoddy journalism exemplified by the W5 programme. This irresponsible reporting is a divisive force"iid a real threat to our pursuit of Canadian unity.
At the veryleas" pr妙 sure should be brought to
bear to make CFTO and the CTV network issue ait apologyゆ4 agree to do a programme in the very nea):ぉture Hlustrating the ずasitivも;spects andconiri' i)utions of the Chine狄Canadian community to Cana-
da. In the futuire, they sho" uld agree to do si mi I扭r pro-grranUnes for otheretiino' cultural\groups. Nothing l卿in really acceptable in our quー for Can"ian unity.
We arもallaware that the
Jewi^ had many doors closed to them both in the business world and theprofes-sUms in past' Tlie re is a realdゅgerゅat Chinese Canadians coul《bもcoinもthe Jews of the19きs..
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Vol.44 - TUESDAY, FEB. 5,1980 TORONTO, ONTARIO
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top junior player by tennis magazine
TORONTO. 一 Glenn Michibata, Toronto born Sansei, haきbeen no ted in the World Tennis Magazine as the tenth ranked Junior P)[ayerini!leworld.
IVI化)iibata, who is currient-ly attending Pej)iierdine University on at en n is
schoiarsれip, has made conぉ-der瑪blもstride iii international tennis,にfhrst for
He was recently invited to participate in the Junior Pepsi Internationar Grand Masters' tournment in Bo6a West, Plor idもFebruary 4th
Former Tot*onto SymphonケConductor OtdWci brincisぉethovさii to
BEIJING: — China had its first-performance of the NinthSymphony of "Bゅ Duo-Fen" in 201ears;Vdth former Toronto Symphony coilduct or, SeijiOzaAva coit-ductiiig apひwerhilChinese chorus and some nervQus soloぉtsbeforea highly critical audience.
Actually it was adre蹄 reheaはat before three piib-lic performances pf JBee-thovふ,s ISfinthもytlie ^Beij-ingCentraiニPhllMrm麵c, The鄉acity audience of 180(V mostly music由d印ts and musicians, warmly apr plauded the performance and Ozawa.
Biit when th§ so Io〗sis hit
a feずnotes out of tune, the a udience noticed im I tied iate. ly and beganlaughing. "Frightening," said french horn player Richard A^ac-key, one offour Boston Symphony Ordi—ra p】ay-j ers whむaccompanied Ozawa」 to (^hhia,
Still,it was an impressive twojiours as the Chinese, ii^cluding some wlio had n^er heardぉeethoyen,さ Ninth before rehearsing for this performance, tickled ope of ihe mbst difficult works in w"tern symphonic music.
The pぉ3^iing :gねerally so landed crisp and balanced,
Cont, on Pag"
"9th,1980: He willbe among the top seven players whoれave acliievedthゃhighest number of points in the Pepsi隱iiitei:nati(malSeries of Junio?" To umantents held during 1979 intlie various parts of the world. Glenn was invited andpart-icipated insix of these —rnainents, being; "the Orange Bひwl,lVtianii, Florida; the Bail鈕a Bowl, Brazil; Junior Itaiian Open, Rome; Jr. French Open, Paris; App】eBひw】,Madrid, Spain; the Jimior US. Opもn, Flush itig Mもadowも New York and has achievedT either a quarter-finalor better standing in each of thesゃt6urna加ents He was unゅle attend the J卯ior Pepsi Interim ationaltournament help in Tokyo in May of tilis year/ due tQ prior comhiitinents.
The world tra>seller currently makes his !;i咖e |n ibu at il^e residence of Pepperdine University as a freshtnkn,油d is anxiouslj^ aAvポing th is event to co帥-ete agairist: the ere me la crもme of the top juniot players〗n the World.
USt dreams of mixed-blood JIpnz.
TOKYO ;ー He was in a cr<>wd of Japanese emigrants 16 B;azi1w^ngfran-ticゅy frcimthMeck of the S515-tむn Santos Maru, as the gong of her d[eparture echoed over the pier at Yokohaina:\Yithinixed feelings of anxiety and hope, he was thinking about how hislife would start in t!fe jungles of Brazil,
It was July 2,196、5. Fine weather, Ifcuo Wada, now the manager of a night club can r柳ember the day
clearly as if it were ye^ter-
"At thatthne, I never thought that I ^vouW come in Tokyo,s Shinjuku distic仁 back to Japan in only two yearき,"Wada said when a reporter met him at the night club Bonta.
AVada is a mixed-blood j (konketsu) man who grew; up in the Elizabeth Saunders Home where Mrs. Sa-、vada has been dedicating herself to th6 upbringing of orphans of mixed-blood for
more thin 30 yeafs. t)iitvi-iiutive and plump, he does notlゎoklikeakonfcefsu- At 32> he isstni—gle.
Five of Wada,s friends were also on boafd the ship. They 、vere allmembers of a settlement team kd by Mrs. Sawada to establish a Christian colony in Braz", where she invested $60,000 in a farming project.
Recalling the three-and-a-half month voyage to
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