All these years, yet…
Speaking of Boston’s emergency evacuation plan and Chinatown, here’s a letter to the editor in Boston’s Chinese/Chinese-American bi-weekly newspaper Sampan:
I recently got Mayor Menino’s “Ready Boston” pamphlet informing citizens of Boston about an emergency evacuation.
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Although the booklet is printed in English and Spanish and written concisely, I am not impressed because only one sentence is written in Chinese. And that was not even on the front cover.
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I urge the Chinese community to stand up and request that this and future municipal notices be written in Chinese, English and Spanish. Our community has been part of Boston for more than 50 years and deserves this treatment since these people pay taxes and are American citizens. Mayor Menino, please wake up, heed to this concern, and start respecting the cultural identity of Boston’s Chinese community.
I think I would urge The Hub’s Chinese community to do something else, but that’s just me.
