Rebirth of the American Super Boss Road

I heard that there was something I wanted to ask the two ancestors of the family to help with. Zhao Xiao'e and Li Changsheng felt relieved. Li Yonggui, who was sitting in the hall, told Li Changsheng: "Boss, go see your grandfather and your wife." What is grandpa busy with?"

"No need," Li Changsheng stood up and saw Li Lucheng walking out of the bedroom: "I just heard Xiao Wu say that he has something to discuss with his family?"

"Yes, dad, that's what Xiaowu said," Li Yonggui nodded: "But I don't know exactly what it is..."

As he said that, he turned to look at Li Hongfei and signaled him to say whatever he had to say.

Although his ancestor Li Fusheng has not come yet, since his great-grandfather has come, Li Hongfei no longer hesitates: "Today I participated in an event organized by the city police station..."

When they heard that this event organized by the city police department was aimed at small and medium-sized business owners, business executives and mid-level government officials in San Francisco, the expressions of several elders became serious. When they heard Li Hongfei say that he had met the San Francisco Board of Education The current member of the committee, and this guy named Steve Barton actually planned to participate in this year’s city council election, and when he planned to support this Steve Barton, the expressions of the whole family were solemn: Now, everyone Now I know why Zhang Qihang came back to discuss this matter with his family.

"...We Chinese people are famous for not liking to participate in politics," Li Hongfei continued: "But I think this situation must make some changes, because we cannot make our voices heard at the government level, and we Chinese people eat How many losses have you experienced?

To put it bluntly, although we Chinese are much better off than black people in terms of economy, when it comes to our influence in society and within the government, we are actually not as good as the black group.I think this won’t work…”

"Xiao Wu," Li Changsheng suddenly said, "You should know why we Chinese are unwilling to participate in politics. It's really... we are really afraid..."

"Dad, of course I understand what you said," Li Hongfei smiled and nodded at Li Changsheng: "I also understand the concerns of us young and old men in Chinatown, but I think this matter can actually be adjusted a little, even if we don't participate Politics, neither causing trouble nor making trouble, but at least we should find someone within the government to speak for us. Isn’t that too much?

Also, everyone’s previous ideas were brought over from the mainland, but the way of playing in the mainland is different from that in the United States. Our ancestors said that we should adapt to local conditions. When we go to other people’s land, we should abide by their rules and follow their rules. "

After receiving this, Li Hongfei emphasized his tone: "To be honest, I think we are not as good as black people at this point. Dad, look at the social status and influence of the black group compared to 40 or [-] years ago. How much?"

"..."

The whole family nodded silently, including Li Changsheng.

Born in 1938, he has the most intuitive impression of the improvement of the social status of the black group: Over the years, the social status of the black group has indeed improved relatively quickly. When he was six or seven or eight years old, it was during World War II. , in the United States at that time, black people had almost no social status at all. Even in the army, the dirtiest, most tiring, and most unpopular jobs were held by black troops. But in these years, black people can actually work as The mayor has become a senator and congressman. When he was a child, if he said that a black man could become a senator and congressman, the people who heard it would laugh out loud?

No one mentioned this before, and everyone didn't think much of it subconsciously, but now that Li Hongfei said it like this, everyone in the room felt shocked.

Li Hongfei continued: "It was through their constant struggle that the black group forced the government to pass the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights Act to prohibit racial segregation and discrimination in the form of legislation, ensure the equal rights of black people, and protect black suffrage.

Although discrimination against black people is still ubiquitous in society to this day, the reality is that the social status and influence of the black group is indeed constantly improving, especially in politics. Look at the black mayors in recent years. , black governors and even black congressmen began to appear.

These emerging black politicians continue to speak out and fight for their own ethnic groups, and these actions have further helped the black group to improve their social status and influence. Looking at our Chinese group, in the political field, what can we say? How many influential Chinese figures have emerged?

This is not going to work. If we continue like this, we Chinese will not be able to compete with black people, and maybe even black people will be able to ride on us in a few years. "

Li Hongfei's words really hit the hearts of the men of the Li family, and they all frowned in unison.

It’s no wonder they reacted like this, because in the hearts of the Chinese-American community in this era, everyone recognizes that white people are the bosses of the entire American society and the entire country belongs to them. We Chinese are just here to beg for food, but who do black people count?

Everyone just didn't think about this in detail before, but now after hearing what Li Hongfei said, Li Changsheng, Li Yonggui and Li Lucheng couldn't calm down, because after thinking about it carefully, they found that if they really follow the current trend. If so, the social status of black people might really surpass that of Chinese people, which would be unacceptable to the Li family and his son.

After a moment of silence, Li Yonggui spoke first: "What Xiao Wu said makes sense. We are not bullying others, but if we Chinese can have a congressman to speak for us when we are bullied, we can at least get fair treatment. Bar?"

"Yes, dad, what you said makes sense." As soon as Li Yonggui finished speaking, Zhao Xiao'e nodded quickly and said: "Don't talk about the distance, let's talk about last year, last year's Lao Wang's family, if there were any acquaintances between Lao Wang's family in the police station at that time Those who can speak up will not suffer such a big loss in the end.”

Hearing Zhao Xiao'e mention Lao Wang's family, the men in the family frowned again.

The situation that Lao Wang's family encountered was actually ordinary. Their family opened a restaurant in Chinatown. Last year, they encountered a group of gangsters who came to cause trouble and extort money. Because they didn't know anyone in the black and white circles, they had no choice in the end. We had to ask the local gangs in Chinatown to settle the matter, and finally spent five to six thousand dollars to settle the matter. What my daughter-in-law said makes sense. You don’t even need to know any congressmen. If you know a police officer from the police station, it won’t cost much. Such a big price.