July 27, 2014
Dear African American Civil Right Leaders ,
I am writing on behalf of a grass-roots organization called United for a Better Community. On July 10, Bob Beckel made a string of slanderous remarks towards the Chinese community.
In what was just the latest of a long career of ignorant comments, Mr. Beckel broadcasted his racist views towards Asian Americans by saying, “we bring them over here and we teach a bunch of Chinamen – er, chinese people — how to do computer and go back to China to hack into US”. Mr. Beckel continued, “all they do [The Chinese] is hack into our stuff, they send us cheap toys all of which have lead in it and they kill kids.” We are calling for his resignation in order to send the message that propagating prejudice and hate is unacceptable.
The fight against discrimination in this country has a long history as well as a long road ahead. We are asking for your public support in calling for Mr. Beckel’s resignation as well as our general mission to promote multi-racial unity, understanding, and tolerance.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
Michael Zhu
www.ubca.us
www.firebobbeckel.com