《唐人街大奋斗》观后感:在美国当华人,我们该如何保住“一个可以回去的地方”? 文|一呼 一次对“我们从哪里来、要往哪里去”的追问 2025年7月26日,在内华达大学拉斯维加斯校区(UNLV)的艺术博物馆,一场关于北美华人命运的电影放映与社区对话悄然展开。纪录片《Big Fight in Little Chinatown》(《唐人街大奋斗》)带领我们走进温哥华、蒙特利尔、纽约与旧金山等城市的唐人街,看见在城市开发、族裔政治与历史断裂中挣扎求存的社区,也让我们重新思考:在美国当华人,意味着什么? 这不仅是一次观影活动,更是一次有关身份、空间与未来的深刻对话。透过这部片,我们看见的不只是他人的故事,而是你我都可能面对的共同处境。本文,便是在观影后的沉思中写下的一点记录与回应。
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Preserving Our Map: The Future Battle for Chinatown and Chinese Belonging
Reflections on “Big Fight in Little Chinatown”: As Chinese Americans, how do we preserve a place we can still call home? By One Voice Introduction|A Moment to Ask: Where Did We Come From, and Where Are We Going? On July 26, 2025, a community screening and dialogue was held at the Marjorie Barrick Museum ofContinue reading “Preserving Our Map: The Future Battle for Chinatown and Chinese Belonging”
融入,还是坚持自我?
——当“身份认同”被说成是伪命题的时候 身份与族群系列(终语) 文|之间博客 在一次社区讲座的问答环节里,一位年长的华人移民举手发问:“我觉得我们这些少数族裔,老纠结什么‘身份认同’没意思,最重要的是要想办法融入美国社会,不要总强调我们跟别人有什么不同。”他的语气诚恳,眼神里有一种曾经失败过、也曾拼命适应过的疲惫。他说这话的时候,一位坐在后排的年轻亚裔女生微微皱了眉头。我能理解她的感受,也能理解那位长者的立场——这正是许多移民和少数族裔群体在现实中常常碰撞出的分歧。 但我们真的能把“身份认同”当成一个可以跳过的议题吗?又或者说,我们所谓的“融入”,究竟指的是什么?
Assimilate or Stay True?
——When “Identity” Is Dismissed as a False Question Identity & Belonging Series (Extra) By Voice in Between At a recent community forum, an elderly Chinese immigrant raised his hand during the Q&A session and said earnestly, “I think for people like us—minorities in this country—there’s no point in obsessing over ‘identity.’ What really matters isContinue reading “Assimilate or Stay True?”
在现实与理想之间
《大而美法案》之后的社群行动策略 文|一呼 导语|当法律已成现实,我们如何仍然选择发声、选择行动? 2025年,《大而美法案》(One Big and Beautiful Bill Act, 简称 OBBBA)在激烈争议中通过。这部庞杂的法案囊括了税收调整、能源投资、社会福利重构等多个领域,却也引发了广泛质疑:对中产家庭的支持是否到位?对弱势群体的保护是否充足?公共资源分配是否公平? 法案既已成为现实,反对还“有用”吗?面对这样一个合情合理的问题,不少社区组织者、行动者开始调整姿态,把焦点转向“如何在新制度下争取最大利益”,而不是继续“无力地批评”。但我们想提出一个更具建设性的回应方式:不是批判或务实的二选一,而是批判与务实的双轨并行。
Between Reality and Idealism
Community Strategies After the OBBBA By|One Voice Introduction|When the Law Is Already in Place, How Do We Keep Speaking and Acting? In 2025, the One Big and Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) was passed amid intense controversy. This sweeping legislation covers tax reforms, energy investments, and social welfare restructuring. Yet, it has raised serious concerns: IsContinue reading “Between Reality and Idealism”
谁来书写我们的共同未来?
身份与族群系列(五) 当族裔认同走出“我是谁”的私人命题,走进制度、叙事与行动的空间 文|之间博客 导语|从“我是谁”走向“我们是谁” 在这个系列的前四篇中,我们从不同角度探讨了身份的形成、扭曲与重塑:从多族裔的共通挣扎,到华人自身的五种认同路径;从学校与社区对身份的构建,到青年如何用创造回应代际张力。 而在这一篇终章里,我们希望提出更进一步的提问:身份,不只是个人经验;认同,也不该止步于内心挣扎。我们是否可以,将这些破碎的、混杂的、边缘的经验,转化为共同的语言与未来的设计?
Who Gets to Write Our Shared Future?
Identity & Belonging Series (Part 5) When Ethnic Identity Moves Beyond “Who Am I” into Structures, Narratives, and Collective Action By: Voices in Between Prologue|From “Who Am I” to “Who Are We” In the first four essays of this series, we explored how identity is formed, distorted, and reimagined—from the shared struggles across ethnic lines,Continue reading “Who Gets to Write Our Shared Future?”
我们买单,他们得利:为什么中产阶级应当拒绝《大而美法案》
作者:一位美国中产阶级纳税人 他们说这是“一部宏大而美丽的法案”。但在我看来,它更像是一匹特洛伊木马——伪装成利民之举,实则出卖了我们中产家庭的未来,只为继续讨好企业、延续川普时代的税改政策,并加速瓦解我们赖以生存的公共保障体系。 作为一名中产阶级纳税人,我并不奢求政府施舍,我要的是公平、透明和责任感——一个不再把像我这样的劳动者当作沉默“金主”的制度。而这部《大而美法案》(OBBBA),在这些基本要求上全军覆没。
We’re Paying for Their Windfall: Why the Middle Class Should Reject OBBBA
By a Middle-Class American Taxpayer They said it was a “big and beautiful” bill. What they passed was a Trojan horse: one that sells out the future of working families to protect corporate profit, defend Trump-era tax policy, and undermine the very programs middle-class Americans will rely on tomorrow. As a middle-class taxpayer, I’m notContinue reading “We’re Paying for Their Windfall: Why the Middle Class Should Reject OBBBA”